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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having a child that is new to the middle school schedule, I would like to say that it's been fine.  And, it's only 2 years.  Dc is already looking forward to getting to sleep in for HS[/quote]

I am glad your kid think it is fine. Mine thought it was awful and grades suffered. Do we cancel each other out now?[/quote]

I'm another parent who has been surprised by how well last week went - my kid went from a 9:20 start time to 7:30, a 9:00am bus to a 6:45 one and it's been smooth sailing. The most important contributor has been that my child understands why they need to go to sleep early and has been doing so. Soccer starts this week and with a late practice today, we already have a plan for coming home, having a snack, showering, and going immediately to bed. Happy to have a mature child who understands that sleep is so important, I understand that not all kids get this and a lot of them are night owls and want to stay up late.[/quote]

It's the first week, he's running on the excitement of the newness of it all. And the effects of cumulative sleep depravation haven't caught up with him yet. Wait until he's walking to the bus stop, every morning, for months on end, in pitch black and the days are shorter. There is a lot of variation in the sleep needs and body clocks of kids in middle school. Lot's of these kids at this age aren't close to full blown puberty, especially boys, others are in the midst of it. Their body clocks are changing, some need more and some need less, some are wired to go to bed earlier and some later.  Some on the younger size developmentally still need 12, others need 8-10.  A kid who still needs 12 is an outlier and a kid who only needs 8 is an outlier, most are somewhere in the middle and they end up running a sleep deficit fairly quickly. Sleep is crucial to kids, it was odd to me that FCPS acknowledged the changing needs of HS but not middle schoolers.

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There's no cumulative sleep deprivation for a child that is getting 10 hours of sleep every night.[/quote]

I agree.  My ms kid is going to bed at 9ish and waking up at 6ish.  That's allowing time for 9ish hours of sleep.  When sports and activities get busier/ later there might be some nights that are only 8, but school doesn't start till 7:30, so dc could skip the bus and get a ride occasionally if there is a sleep deficit[/quote]

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