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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I just read through the audit and there are a lot of recommendations that make sense. One thing that is crazy is that something like 22% of riders are people who live within the walk zone but have waivers. Big picture is that they have too many schools that start at 7:45 and too few that start at 8:30 and 9:30. It looks like their solution to that is to move all the high schools away from 7:45 to a 9:30 start. In doing that they need to move the rest of the ES to 7:30 if they want uniform start times. On paper, it make sense but it practice it is a hard sell. If you are interested, here is a link to the audit. https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/more-transportation-audit-1.pdf[/quote] I teach at a PG high school with a 7:45 start time. This would be an amazing change! I wouldn't be surprised to see a pretty dramatic improvement in both grades and absenteeism. [/quote] Which shifts absenteeism to elementary school kids based on the research theyve done with schools that start before 745. I just wish we could have a conversation about no school starting before 8. For all kids. And then find workarounds from there. [/quote] Interesting. I haven't see that research, but I expect elementary absenteeism would have a different cause. Teens are biologically programmed to be night owls, unlike younger kids, so the cause must have something to do with logistics, family schedules, or something like that. But yes, 7:45 is just too darn early.[/quote]
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