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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's an idea that will cost the school system nothing.  FCPS should adopt a liberal tardy policy for middle schoolers. Your kids can roll in after they got their 8 hours of sleep, at the next class start time. The benefits of more sleep can only help them academically and it won't interrupt the students that are already there. It's a pretty genius idea, if I do say so myself. :)

And while we're at it, kick the boundary change can down the road instead. No one seems on board with those changes.[/quote]

Or, take away your middle schoolwrs phone by 9PM so they can fall asleep, and wake them up on time.

#BasicParentingSkills[/quote]

This solves 9/10 of the problem. Don’t over schedule your kids and take away the phones overnight. [/quote]
If only this could work.
there are more things than phones.  There are other distractions and extended bathroom time, and lingering talking to older siblings, or older siblings making noise.  Not every family can get immediately quiet at 9pm and not every kid has their own room or a quiet part of the house and not every parent can police and follow the kids who need to go to bed.  A LOT of kids are sleep deprived and have to make do with less than 8 or even 7 hours of sleep.  Some parents work late shifts too, I used to not be available to supervise bedtime and my spouse is useless in this.  That's reality for more people you can imagine.

We all know that this early school start in middle school is for easier drop off logistics for parents with multiple school kids and traffic relief.  And MS is only 2 years, so is chosen to bear this grind.  There is no easy way around it.[/quote]

+1 my 7th grader doesn’t have a phone, so phones are not the issue for us.[/quote]

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