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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perfectly reasonable to take a 14 year old to school.  Not sure why that would be controversial.[/quote]

It's perfectly reasonable to take a 14-year-old to school, but if parental work schedules don't allow for that, then I'd say it's reasonable for a 14-y-o to get there on his or her own -- much more reasonable than contacting the school to complain about an inconvenient start time.[/quote]

I recall being a sophomore in HS, and I - like the 1,500 other students - would have been humiliated to be driven to and from school by my parents.  14 year olds can handle getting themselves to school.[/quote]

Oh, give me a break. I took the public bus to school about 1/2 the time, and got a ride the other half because my school was right down the street from my parent's work.  My kid walks to school, because it happens to be very close, but if we lived farther I'd drive him.  He's got a 12.5 hour day today, with school, study hall, and then a sporting event.  If I can make that a little shorter by dropping him on my way to work, I'd do that.

For my particular family, my preference is for an earlier start time.  I don't totally trust my kid to get up and out of the house with me gone, he's likely to sleep through an alarm, so he'd be up early anyway.  He's also active in sports, which makes for a long day.  Pushing back the start time would presumably push back the ending time too.  Right now in MCPS he starts at 7:20 or so, and gets home around 6:30 p.m..  Starting at 8:45 would presumably mean he got home around 8:00, which is too late for any family time.  [/quote]

What are you even talking about? You should really stay in MCPS. Teenagers perform best later in the day. Circadian rhythms push them to go to sleep later and later as the days lengthen. There is plenty of time for them to whip into the demands of the work world win they're older--besides the whole concept of a "typical" workday has shifted over the last decade. Many, many people telecommute. PP, your opinion is self centered and out dated, frankly.[/quote]

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