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[quote=Anonymous]Oh god.  These staggered schedules were attempted in Chicago and it sounds like a total nightmare.

[quote]Staggered school schedules: Crowding forces high schools to adopt early -- very early -- starting times
March 25, 2009|By Joel Hood, TRIBUNE REPORTER

Whatever Ben Johnson may have thought his senior year of high school would be like, it probably didn't include waking up every weekday at 5:30 a.m.

Little did he know he would need coffee or a liter of Mountain Dew to stay awake in first-period calculus or that he would have to retreat home after school to nap for several hours.

Such is life, though, for nearly 800 juniors and seniors at Lockport Township High School, where crowding has forced school officials to offer classes beginning at 6:50 a.m. for those students brave -- and caffeinated enough -- to take the challenge. Next year, all juniors and seniors will start school at 6:44 a.m., a fate sealed when Lockport voters rejected a fifth proposal last month to build a new high school.

Already, the change is creating logistical nightmares for officials, teachers, coaches and parent volunteers, who must juggle classes and times for the school's 4,000 students spread over two campuses. Under the current plan, seniors can complete their school days by 11:45 a.m., juniors by 1:44 p.m., while freshmen and sophomores won't be out of class until 3:44 p.m. Assemblies have been abandoned, and after-school activities limited.[/quote]

More here:  [url]http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-03-25/news/0903230438_1_chicago-public-schools-lunchtimes-evening-meetings[/url]  (reposted link from the earlier thread)

But hey, they did it in Chicago, so it must be an accepted strategy we could use for Arlington!  THIS IS INSANE!!![/quote]

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