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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously, ladies, enough already. The science is in:

https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.html

This staggering of start times is 100% bass-ackwards.

Board of Education Approves Later School Start Times
Level	Time	Length of Day
High School	7:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m.	6 hours, 45 minutes
Middle School	8:15 a.m.–3:00 p.m.	6 hours, 45 minutes
Elementary School Tier 1	9:00 a.m.–3:25 p.m.	6 hours, 25 minutes
Elementary School Tier 2	9:25 a.m.–3:50 p.m.	6 hours, 25 minutes
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So, let's say we flip that around.  Give High school and Middle school the last two slots.

High school then gets out at 4:10.  So, they START after school sports, jobs, and HW at 4:30?

That's not sustainable for most families, unless you don't value family time at all, or don't value your kid having sports, arts, employment etc . . . 
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It's a matter of prioritization. No reason kids can't do sports in the morning.[/quote]

How about kids who need to work?  Or get home before a younger sibling or neighbor to provide childcare?[/quote]

It's funny how family convenience and childcare needs only matter in certain contexts. All high school students must go to school earlier than is healthy because some families who have children with large age gaps might need older siblings to provide child care to younger siblings. Yet if anyone expresses childcare concerns about all of the inclement weather days, professional days, and other school holidays, the response is "figure it out."

This is about money, that's all. Childcare is a convenient excuse. [/quote]

This is my belief as well. Families figure out childcare when they have to. MCPS doesn't want to have to spend more on buses and bus drivers. This is yet another reason I would never willingly move to an area with county-based school system.[/quote]

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