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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, have you stopped to consider later start time would be an issue with activities and homework?   If kids don't get home till 4:30, everything would just be shifted later and kids would go to bed later, so that really doesn't fix anything.[/quote]

That's funny. My younger kids go to private school and go to bed at reasonable times, even with activities. Late start times are so much healthier for teens. It's not like there is any medical expert who disagrees. It's funny how so many people claim to be concerned about kids' mental health but aren't willing to entertain this universally agreed-upon adjustment that would benefit the health of teenagers. [/quote]

Younger kids are not high school kids.  Your kids are probably not having homework and multiple activities, some twice a night do you don’t get it.  They are not healthier.  Going to bed at a decent hour is.  So, if you had later start times, my kids could not start homework till after nine vs coming home, homework and early dinner then activities. [/quote]

God you are dumb. Teens have a different biological internal clock. “Going to bed at a decent hour” does not work with their internal clock. Dumb as a box of rocks. [/quote]

They are not going to upend all the middle and elementary kids’ schedules so your precious, precious high school snowflakes can sleep in. “Dumb as a box of rocks” indeed.[/quote]

My ES student is generally up by 630am yet school doesn’t start until 930. Does yours go to bed too late? I could see how an earlier bedtime might be inconvenient for you.[/quote]

You prove the point. Sleep needs change depending on age. And yes, ES students are more likely to up earlier. They also go to bed earlier, have fewer activities, have less homework, and aren't employed. What do your kids do in all of that morning time? Most young kids aren't outside playing in the morning. And earlier start time for younger kids would be more natural for younger kids and allow more time for physical activity after school.[/quote]

I don't disagree at all- I was responding to the PP not wanting to disrupt the routines of ES and MS students.  Perhaps too sarcastically, I apologize.  :wink:   My DC goes to before care because I cannot wait until the 9am bus pickup to go to work.[/quote]

Well the research that I read says the exact opposite but I get that the OP thinks it would be more convenient for them.[/quote]

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