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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a separate thread for middle school start times.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1257582.page

Elementary parents, you might not be paying attention to the middle school start time discussion because the emails from FCPS frame it as solely a middle school issue.

However, changing MS start times means changing [i]everyone's [/i] start time, in ways that are detrimental to high school and [b]especially[/b] elementary school, just for 2 years of middle school.

It sounds like there is heavy lobbying by some MS school parents to switch to a schedule that moves everyone 30 minutes later.  This means that elementary kids will start close to 10:00 AM and get out after 4:30 PM, with busses arriving home between 5:00-5:15 PM.

[b]Imagine having that schedule for early elementary.[/b]

If you are not paying attention to the "Middle School Start Times" emails, you need to rapidly engage, get informed by reading the emails and the FCPS website,  tell your friends and neighbors, and start connecting with your school board reps.

The school board is finalizing the new schedule soon.

If you don't start organizing soon, you might end up with a crap schedule and more childcare issues come fall 2026, because right now, the loudest voices with Dr. Reid's ear are a handful of vocal middle school parents who want to blow up elementary and high school schedules so the 2 years of middle school can get the best schedule, even if it means kindergartens are going to school until dinner time.

There is at least one schedule option tgat is not too bad, but it puts middle school last so middle school parents are lobbying against that one.

Get informed and make your preferences known.

The "Middle School" schedule emails are about changing everyone's schedule, not just middle school.

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It honestly sounds great to me. [/quote]

Me too! Little kids are up early anyway! They should be in school NLT 8am. [/quote]

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