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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]10:14 again- the only way I could ever see MCPS changing on this is if the tide turns against them, i.e. other area districts make the switch en masse. IIRC only Loudon has tried so far.[/quote]

Many other districts start later than MCPS.
DCPS, Loudon, Arlington, Howard, etc all start later.
Most states start high school later than MCPS.
But somehow people here think logistical issues are unsolvable in MCPS.
Makes me feel like our county is backward thinking and not solution oriented [/quote]

Nobody has said that they are unsolvable. MCPS can solve them, by either (1) redirecting a lot of school funding to buses and bus drivers, or (2) shifting the current schedule. MCPS has twice decided that the potential disadvantages of either option outweigh the potential advantages. It's valid to say that you disagree with this decision. It's not valid to say that MCPS didn't consider the options.[/quote]

are you willing to be a driver?[/quote]

There is an obvious solution to the bus driver shortage. MCPS needs to pay them more. You cannot pay pennies and expect people to work.
Same with teachers. If there is a shortage, increase pay. That is how things work [/quote]

In this obvious solution, what should MCPS stop paying for, in order to pay for more bus drivers, so that high school students can start school at a non-ridiculously-early time? Keeping in mind that even underpaid labor is expensive.

There's also the issue that everyone is having a bus driver shortage, including public transportation agencies that pay quite well.[/quote]

I'll offer one - get rid of that awful Leader in Me program. I don't want to know how much they pay for it. [/quote]

Too much for what it is, $0 would be too much, but not enough to pay for more buses and higher pay for bus drivers.[/quote]

Oh and don't forget bocce and the kids museum because they're on my grudge list![/quote]

I'm sorry that the inclusion of students with disabilities is something "on your grudge list".

Fortunately, federal law doesn't agree with you.

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Neither has to do with inclusion. [/quote]

MCPS added bocce and other corollary sports in response to a 2008 law called the "Fitness and Athletic Equity Law for Students with Disabilities". Their existence and importance is due to inclusion.

https://www.disabilityrightsmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Fitness-and-Athletic-Equity-Law-For-Students-with-Disabilities.pdf

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