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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So Option 1 is pretty much terrible for everyone except one group, the 8:10-2:55 elementary kids (too early for the other elementary 7:45 start).

Option 2 looks good for everyone except the latest elementary start (9:50-4:35) but it's really bad and 7 years of your life.

Just leave it alone. [/quote]

There is currently an ES that starts at 8:00. Brookfield ES. I think fifteen minutes earlier is not a big deal. Young kids learn better in the morning. [/quote]
FCPS lists current start times as 8:30-3:15 and 9:20-4:05, but there are a few schools (Brookfield being the earliest which start between 8:00-8:30. They haven’t explicitly stated it one way or the other, but it’s possible when they say 7:45-2:30, what they mean for Brookfield is 7:15-2:15, as in everyone shifts 45 minutes. They need to be more specific due to the existing staggered schedule and the fact that their “existing” start time doesn’t reflect the current earliest bell schedule. [/quote]

So then you’re giving kids the 7:15-2:15 absurd middle school schedule for 7 years instead of just 2. :roll:[/quote]

It's not absurd for 5-11 year olds...it's absurd for older kids who go to bed later and whose biological clocks are shifting. (Yes, I'm generalizing and I know some 5 year olds sleep late...but for most kids this is true.)[/quote]

7:15 is a totally different story than 8 am I’m sorry. 7:15 for 7 years is crazy. Or it could be even longer if a kid is in Pre-K. [/quote]

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