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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teens need more sleep and a later start time would help with that, but it would also disrupt the scheduling of other things, impact family life, and cost the school district money, so it’s not changing any time soon. [b]The kids just have to get through it, the way generations before them did.[/b][/quote]

My high school started at 8:30. All of the schools started at the same time.[/quote]

Imagine the traffic implications to having enough busses on the road to start every single school in MCPS at the exact same time![/quote]

Never mind the traffic implications. Imagine the [b]budget[/b] implications of having enough school buses and school bus drivers to start every single school in MCPS at the exact same time - with MCPS transporting two-thirds of students by school bus, twice a day.

If we could reduce the number of buses and bus drivers required, for example if more students could safely walk to school, and students who live where public transit is available could use public transit instead, then maybe MCPS could adjust school start times so that high schools and middle schools don't have to start too early, and elementary schools don't have to start too late. Or the other way around.

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