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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]The ideal, to me, is to leave ES start times where they are and have all middle schools join the high school start time, like the secondary school middle school students do. Of course, this seems in possible in terms of bus availability, bus driver availability, and budget. So, I say just leave it. I have a 9th grader who did fine at an early start middle school (he actually liked the afternoon down time before evening sports started up) and one who will start middle next year. I just don't think it's worth all the upheaval to try to change the middle school start times. Certainly not at the expense of making a ridiculous elementary schedule, which would last for 7 years of a student's life! [/quote]

Agree. And I have a 7th grader and 9th grader so ES times will not impact us at all, but I still recognize it is ridiculous. Early MS start was/is really hard on my kids, but it is two years. Two years. I'd rather a crappy schedule for two years than 4 or 7![/quote]

30 min later isn’t that crappy for anyone. [/quote]
It is for the elementary students will get home after 5:00pm. The current late start schedule is already really hard on my kids. We bought our house before we had children and it never occurred to me at that time that we should be checking the start and end times for elementary school. I just assumed that kids got out at 3:30 like they seem to do everywhere else in the country, but nope, 4:15, which means my child gets home at 4:45 (we are the last bus stop, which makes it even worse). I mean, great, it works out well for me and my work schedule, but it does NOT work out for my children who are a mess by the time they get home (even my 4th grader who has been doing this for years). Adding a half hour to that will be a disaster. [/quote]

The latest dismissal time in option E was actually 4:35 pm I believe. No one would go until 4:45 pm. [/quote]
My kids have a 30 minute ride home. With a 4:35 dismissal, they would be home after 5:00.[/quote]

maybe they should review your schools boundaries[/quote]
The school is a 7 minute drive away and we are the last stop in the afternoons. It is what it is. They get picked up 10 minutes before school starts in the morning, so it works out.[/quote]

Why can’t you just pick up then?[/quote]
Is there something wrong with you?[/quote]

No, it’s a simple question. Why can’t the kid be picked up at kiss n ride?[/quote]

You said on your current schedule, he gets home on the bus (30 min ride time, dismissal 4:15 pm) at 4:45 pm. If his new dismissal time was 4:35 pm, and it’s only a 7 minute ride away, that would get him home with kiss n ride at the same time (actually a bit earlier - 4:42 pm). Now someone obviously meets him at the bus stop currently which is 4:45pm, right? What can’t they someone just drive over to kiss n ride and get him home at 4:42 pm instead on the new schedule?[/quote]

Do you even have children? You clearly have no idea how kiss and ride works.[/quote]

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