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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the schedules should remain the same.

But, all this outrage from the ES parents is a little bizarre. Is it that they don't want to pay for before-care? I  [/quote]
Before care isn’t as widely available as after care, as after care often translates into other after school activities. For example, it’s easy to staff a martial arts afterschool program because they’ll blend into evening classes.

The waitlist for before care SACC at late start elementary schools is long and the demand is high. Many parents already hate the 9:20 start time. Pushing it to 9:50 is adding salt to the wound. [/quote]False.  SACC waitlists are much longer for aftercare.  Hardly anyone is using the morning precare year after year. [/quote]
You're such an idiot. This may be true at your high SES lots of SAHMommies school, but at schools with normal families who have two working parents, the waitlist for before care can be a year long - meaning, kindergarteners rarely get in unless they have a sibling already in the school. This is the case at my school and several others that I'm aware of.[/quote]wow!  You just showed your true colors!  What in the world do you consider a ‘normal’ family?   You are unhinged and repeatedly barking the same nonsense with each of your responses.  The world and Fairfax don’t revolve around you. The county will make a decision based on the community at large and what is in the best interest of the collective whole of the children population.  This is not about you picking your operational hours at your elementary school because that suits you and your early rising child.  This is not about you saving or spending more money on pre-care or after-care.  This is for the betterment of the Fairfax community at large.  Your selfish motives are transparent by the way you keep replying again and again to this thread.  [/quote]

It's such a joke that you think everything working parents do is about childcare and money. Nope, sorry, this is about what is best for my child. Being in school from 9:50-4:45  is not best for my child. It might be great for me b/c I wouldn't need aftercare, but I don't care about what's best for me, I care about what's best for my child. Just like you.[/quote]

This! What is best for ALL kids is school during reasonable hours. 8-4 range. [/quote]

Speaking for ALL kids just makes you look foolish.  The only kids you speak for are your own. [/quote]

Different poster. The PP said school within 8-4. You think kids should go earlier or later than that? This whole thread is about appropriate start times. Before 8 is ridiculous. After 4 is also ridiculous. Those ate reasonable hours for all grade levels. [/quote]

Again - this is your opinion.  Other people disagree, as is their right.  I personally prefer the later start times and getting out after 4 isn't a problem for our family.  Please stop telling other people their opinions are ridiculous.[/quote]

There are already a ton of elementary schools that get out after 4:00

Those elenentary schools will now get out [b]between 4:30-4:45.[/b][/quote]

What part of E do you not understand? The latest time any elementary school would get out is 4:35 pm. No school would go to 4:45 pm. JFC. [/quote]

Have you ever experienced kids loading onto busses at the end of the day?

It takes around 15- 20 minutes for elementary, 15 for middle and 10 for high school.

Elementary schools that end at 4:35 would not get their busses on the road until around 4:50/4:55. Resulting in a lot of kids getting home well after 5:00 PM.

If they are going to go that late, it is best to hive that late schedule to middle school
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My kids are in a sport where the age bands are 2 years instead of 1. 10U and 12U practice start times will be [i]fun[/i] no matter what the change is.

On the plus side if school gets out that late it's friendly to parents who had to RTO and definitely can't make 5 pm anything because of commuting anyway.

Craziness.[/quote]

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