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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they changed the start time for HS where I work, teens would leave school early to pick up their younger siblings. I'd say 60-70% of my kindergarten students are picked up by their MS and HS siblings.[/quote]

Because they can. Schools would adjust. [/quote]

At least 60% of families in your class have children who are in kindergarten and in MS or HS (5 or more year age gap)?

If start times change, there will have to be a way to adjust. Assuming that you are talking able low-income families, having exhausted high school students assume responsibility for younger siblings hampers their academic progress (and furthers achievement gaps).

Also, do they not have buses at your school?[/quote]

No buses except for special ed students. We have Hispanic families with tons of siblings of all ages in ES, MS and HS. It isn't unusual to have a sibling from the same family every 2-3 yrs. These families don't have the means for babysitters and the younger kids would just sit in the office after school if nobody could pick them up. There would be a lot of them there.[/quote]

That is not a reason to start school at an early time for older kids. [/quote]

Of course it is. It might not be a reason you find compelling, but "lots of our students have family obligations later in the day" is a reason to start them earlier.[/quote]
Family obligations are not for teens nor should it been forced upon those who don’t have sibling to “raise.” You are wrong and not looking for what is appropriate for teens. [/quote]

My own children don’t have to do this, but it seems obvious that a poor MSer is harmed more by their parents being financially impacted by years more of childcare costs than they would be by sleeping in 80 more min.[/quote]

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