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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9:20 is seriously late. Is that when K starts? Ours is 9-2:30 which I think is ridiculous. 9:20 is even worse. I wish to god school times were at least 8 hours. I get that kids don’t need longer academic days, make the last hours PE or recess. Just stop the burden on working parents

To answer your question, I live 2 miles from work. Dh and I trade off drop off and pickup. Pre pandemic I could telework one day a week so Dh worked long hours on that day.  Currently I telework full and telework until late at night most days. I work 11 hours a day and don’t mind picking up my kids. My boss only cares about my work and I put in way more hours than necessary. [/quote]

Yeah, I'm surprised by such a late start time! In DC, I think all the elementaries start by 9am, some as early as 8am. How we made it work the one year the kids were in different schools: Parent A dropped off Child A at school on the way into work, child A went to aftercare, Parent A picked up Child A on the way home from work. Parent B dropped Child B off at daycare near the office, and brought Child B home after work. Daycare was selected in a large part due to proximity to Parent B's office. Everyone got home around 5:30-6pm and we scrambled to get dinner together so the kids could be in bed by 8pm. Dinner especially was really hectic. [/quote]

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