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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, flipping elementary school and middle school would be great. If you look at the rhythms of sleep for kids, as they start to go with puberty in middle school it’s important for them to have more sleep. So if you had elementary start at 7:40, middle at nine, it would work better. especially since middle school kids don’t have to work after school like high school kids.  [/quote]
I'd love this as a morning person and Pre-K teacher. My students are so tired by 3, late start schools are rough for some little kids![/quote]
I’m not sure how this would be beneficial though— most parents with kids work and so the vast majority of kids would be in aftercare.  I can’t imagine the kids getting out at 2:30 on normal days, and 11 on early release.  They would be in aftercare until 5 for most kids, that’s a really long day. Middle and highschool come home more or less independently.  Also they say that elementary school has to be the latest because of an adult isn’t there to meet a child, they have to take them back to school.  Can’t do that if there’s another route after.[/quote]

First, all early release days should be eliminated entirely.  They are a waste for everyone.
Second, kids are either going to be in before-school care or extended day after school.  Why not just have extended day instead of both?  Schools weren't created for the convenience of parents.  THey were created to educate the populace.  Parents are just going to have to figure out alternatives.  It takes a village.
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