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I do not agree with moving ES start times. We already have a 9:20 start. If my DD does a club after school she doesn’t get out till 5:30. Delaying the day by a half hour she would not be out till almost 6PM. Leaves no time for swim team or other activities.[/quote]

Are you seriously putting your ES child in multiple extracurriculars during weekdays?[/quote]

Not the poster you're responding to but my own experience as a parent to 2 lower elementary aged kids - Soccer practice for our local rec league is 2x a week for 1-1.5 hrs (x2 kids with different schedules). My kids also do hebrew school which meets once during the week for 2.5 hours. Adding in something like swim lessons, dance, karate, baseball, gymnastics, piano etc would move us to 4 or 5 days a week of afterschool activities and all of those activities add extra days or hours in if you advance to higher levels.

My kids were the odd ones out in the fall because they only did 1 sport. At least in our area (west springfield/lake braddock area), it's incredibly common to have your child in multiple extracurriculars starting as early as kindergarten. [/quote]

This sounds miserable, chaotic, and tiring.  Your poor overscheduled kids.
DP[/quote]

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