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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8 and 8:30 am. I know MCPS delayed to 7:45 several years ago. But is that enough?[/quote]

They already went over this and the problem is that changing high school times would negatively impact elementary and middle school times [/quote]

Blah blah blah.I spent years and years waiting for elementary school to start at 9:25. My kids would get up at 6:30 and there almost 3 hours til school started. Send those kids to school earlier![/quote]

Sure, you say that. I'm in Loudoun and our elementary school runs 7:10-2:10. 2:10 is so ridiculously early that few parents can work and not have to pay for aftercare. 2:10 is middle of the day.[/quote]

Exactly this.  Starting later for ES is not a perfect solution.  It comes with its own set of cons such as afternoon childcare like the PO mentioned and younger kids getting in the bus in dark/early morning hours as opposed to HSers. Further changing the times would still only be one factor in teen health that would still only be viable if the teen went to bed at a reasonable hour.  As someone else mentioned, solve for the problems in the Bell Study and then this can be brought up again.  [/quote]

Childcare is always going to be an issue regardless of the exact start/end times because the school day is shorter than a typical work day.  Right now a lot of parents have to use both before AND aftercare.  There's a park near our ES that always has a group of unsupervised kids in the AM because they aren't allowed into school until 9am (and if they come on campus before then admin will call the parents).

There's been plenty of research about later bell times being better for teens and leading to improved academic performance.  Anyone who still thinks this is just a matter of teens simply needing to "go to bed at a reasonable hour" is uninformed.[/quote]

True unless you're a Sagittarius and then it's all different.[/quote]

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