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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the lowest/no cost option had the late start elementary school kids getting off buses at 5pm and not starting until like 9:40.  There was all this talk about older kids not being able to watch siblings, but I think a MUCH larger group that was ignored in this calculation is the number of parents who currently flex their schedules to get kids on the bus at 8:45-9 that can still make a 9am call from home or make it into the office before 10.  Shifting "just 30 minutes" makes a normal government hours workday impossible.

As someone who has taught at all 3 levels, this change also does not take into account that many teachers work at the level they do because it works with their commute/own child's school schedule. If it is changed, it will lead to massive shifts around the county and may also force some teachers to go to another county. [/quote]

I teach at a late ES in FCPS. If they went with pushing things back, I would leave. I have been at my school forever. But, I live in another county and my commute already sucks at 4:30.  I would have no time with my own kid. If they moved our ours earlier, I would be thrilled. The county should focus on making ALL kids get to school between the hours of 8:00-3:45pm. All kids should be done by then. But, FCPS isn’t a problem solving entity. Pretty sure a bunch of teachers could look at the data and make plans that worked. [/quote]

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