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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The flaw with this line of thinking is that you assume middle and upper income people 1.) want the school day to get even longer and 2.) will drive across the county for schools where their kids can spend more hours at a desk. Or move across the county, even, from Bethesda to Langley Park.
 
Strong SES parents, as a rule, don't clamor for extended school day. Frankly, their kids don't need it[/quote]

My red zone neighborhood has lots of middle income families w/ 2 WOH parents. Many would welcome not having to cobble together after care for their kid given the early end to the school day compared to most work schedules. I'd also welcome not having to supervise HW upon return from work. If you're well off enough to have a SAHP then no you will not want a longer day. But by me, that's not the majority of the young middle class families, nor are most of us senior enough to simply WAH all the time or super flex hrs to be back home by 3:30/4 from jobs in the city.

No, of course I do not think people will bus their kids to the east for this (???) but do I think it may help drive where people decide to buy a house - yes. And it's not so much about getting someone who can afford to live in Bethesda to decide to up and most east. It's about the MANY middle class families already living in the east that don't use public schools or are considering moving north/west when their preschoolers start real school. It's about attracting people there to stay and use the schools, plus new people to consider the area.[/quote]

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