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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not support the later start time for high school kids.  Sports will run over so much later and we all know they will only go to sleep later.

This is all based on helicopter mommies who kids complain they are tired because they are jacked up on electronics. What would our parents have said?  Go the F bed earlier!!!

My school day started at 7:10am in the late 80's and I survived.  You little teen babies will too.   [/quote]

As a parent of a high schooler, I agree with you.  People keep saying that the research says that later is better.  That's not what it says.  It says that later starts are easier for kids.  Whether or not we ask kids to do things that are hard for them is an issue of family values, not something that is necessarily better or worse.

As a parent in a W school, I see the degree of parent coddling every day, and it's absurd.  On one hand, we create this immense academic pressure on kids, and then we reduce all other demands on the kids to the point that they aren't learning anything important.  It's absurd.

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Amen[/quote]

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