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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This topic of later start times for HS was brought up some years ago, and the issue was with the school bus schedules; it was going to require a bunch of new buses to be purchased, since right now the same buses which take h.s. students to school later take elementary students to school.

From what I have read, there is no talk of sending elementary school students to school earlier, by the way.

My high schoolers don't want to have their school day start and end any later; they say it wouldn't give them enough time to relax in the evening, especially when they have an afterschool activity.  As it is, if a sporting event they are participating in runs late, some nights they come home, eat, and then have start on their assignments right away, so they can get to bed at a decent hour.  You can't expect kids to excel in all the advanced classes they are expected to take and not give them sufficient time to unwind in the evenings.
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Wouldn't starting school a little later do exactly that: allow them to go to bed later so they can unwind in the evenings?

Starting ES earlier seems like the only way to implement this without spending a lot of money on new buses and creating major gridlock. [b]And from everything I heard, most ES kids' parents would be very happy with earlier start times.[/b][/quote]

Maybe on DCUM, but maybe not in real life.  It would mean ES kids standing outside in the dark to wait for school buses.  That doesn't sound like it would be a popular idea.  Also, kids would have to be fed lunch at like 10 am and they would be out of school at 1:30, creating a need for as much as 5 hours of after school Childcare which would have to provide a substantial meal for the kids since lunch would be so early.  This presently doesn't exist and if created, could greatly increase Childcare costs.  [/quote]

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