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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or will they just stop doing after-school clubs? I’m curious how important those are to the middle school experience, as my kids are all still in elementary. [/quote]

After school this week, I saw piles (had to literally step over some, ha) of kids loving finally finding “their people” at D&D club. Drama and music kids rehearsing for the MS musical. Kids painting sets and props for the musical. Community service activities. Tons of kids getting tutoring from their teachers, for free, getting both help and connection. The positive energy was palpable (the musical looks great!). The MS after school program is the heart of middle school.[/quote]

Yes let’s continue to make kids get up at 5:30 am so they can have this after school program.

Get a grip. E will shift by only 30 minutes and be a win win for all. They can still have their previous after school activities, just half an hour later.[/quote]

HELLO HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT LATE START ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS??? I don't want my 6 year old getting home from school at 5:10pm. YES, with school ending at 4:45, my kid won't get home until after 5:00pm.  How is anyone okay with that?????[/quote]

Nobody wants that except a handful of crazy loud middle school parents who don't seem to realize that

A) elementary school is 3-4x as many years as middle school

B)  high school is twice as long as middle school

C) high school grades matter.  Middle school grades don't,  not even the ones they take for high school credit (colleges don't care about middle school grades)

D) the late schedule is far too late for High School and far too late for Elementary School

AND

[color=red] [size=18] Middle school is only 2 years.[/size][/color][/quote]

This. ES kids outnumber any group this affects due to being K-6. ES should absolutely not have 7-8 years of a terrible schedule. People don’t realize that ES builds foundational skills and why grades may not matter, they are setting the skills in place for secondary school. You will have an hour and a half of wasted learning time with Option E. Cause the kids are DONE by 3 and the last hour is whack a mole and making sure we all survive. [/quote]

Please stop speaking as if you speak for all ES families. The option E schedule would work the best for our family. Does it work for anyone else, that is not for any one poster here to say.[/quote]

I am speaking as a teacher at a late ES. If you surveyed families and teachers I am sure the majority will say E is awful. There will always be exceptions but you saying E is better for ES kids is an exception. I teach and see the kids daily. They are done by 3 and very little learning happens. Does it mean everyone of my students is incapable of learning then? No. But they are also the exception. The MAJORITY of little kids really struggle the last hour of school compared to the morning. Pushing back would be a nightmare. [/quote]Just admit it. You keep flying off the handle here and in the other thread for ES’s because you don’t want your work hours changed as an elementary teacher.  We see through you. [/quote]

Oh, that’s hilarious. This whole thread is brimming with parents whining about how the schedule change will affect their own work schedules. As the tweens say, “be so fr right now.”

DP, parent, not a teacher [/quote]

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