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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously, ladies, enough already. The science is in:

https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.html

This staggering of start times is 100% bass-ackwards.

Board of Education Approves Later School Start Times
Level	Time	Length of Day
High School	7:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m.	6 hours, 45 minutes
Middle School	8:15 a.m.–3:00 p.m.	6 hours, 45 minutes
Elementary School Tier 1	9:00 a.m.–3:25 p.m.	6 hours, 25 minutes
Elementary School Tier 2	9:25 a.m.–3:50 p.m.	6 hours, 25 minutes
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So, let's say we flip that around.  Give High school and Middle school the last two slots.

High school then gets out at 4:10.  So, they START after school sports, jobs, and HW at 4:30?

That's not sustainable for most families, unless you don't value family time at all, or don't value your kid having sports, arts, employment etc . . . 
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It's a matter of prioritization. No reason kids can't do sports in the morning.[/quote]

So they go to practice at 7 a.m.? So instead of getting up early for school now they get up early for sports?  NO it doesn't work. You obviously don't have kids that play sports. [/quote]

So essentially you want all high schoolers to get up early rather than just the ones who play sports? [/quote]

Many fewer kids would do sports if it was scheduled that way. You would also have fewer coaches. DH was able to coach HS basketball for years only because it was after school.

Plus games would still have to be afterschool even if practices were before school. And many schools in MCPS rent out their gyms at 6 am for adults in the community to exercise. So that’s lost revenue. [/quote]

Just so long as we don't lose sight of what's important. Go sports![/quote]

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