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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Somehow it looks like people are trying to use this issue to push school start times later.

So wanted to copy and paste the 2023-2024 attendance rates for high schools in the surrounding counties from mdreport card.  I also looked up the bell times for the first three high schools for each school district.  And I think it's safe to assume all of the high schools within a school system have the same bell times.  So Montgomery County high schools have a 7:45 start, Frederick 7:30, and Howard 7:50.

Some things to note is that Richard Montgomery, 91.4, and Churchill, 93.4, only has a two percent difference in attendance rate.

And Howard County did try to implement later start times a year or two ago.  But that and combined with outsourcing bus service, resulted in a diaster in bussing services and is likely one the reasons that resulted in the superintendent leaving.  Kids were getting picked up and dropped off up to an hour late.  And some of it was due to the smaller turnaround times for buses to go from school to school.  ie buses usually do their high school routes first, then middle schools, then elementary schools.

And also MCPS did do a study on possibly changing bell times a while back, when families would protest in front of Central Office.  It was determined it wasn't worth the cost or effort.  But the parent groups kept protesting, so MCPS changed the bell times slightly to appease them.

But as shown in the numbers below, Frederick County has earlier start times, and schools with higher attendance rates to MCPS.  So I don't think the answer is pushing back bell times.

Link to the file with attendance rates is here:
https://reportcard.msde.maryland.gov/Graphs/#/DataDownloads/datadownload/3/17/6/99/XXXX/2025

By county (sorted by attendance rate descending):
LEA Name	School Number	School Name	School Type	Attend Rate Pct	Bell time
Frederick	A	All Frederick Schools	High	93.1	7:30
Howard	A	All Howard Schools	High	92.5	7:50
Montgomery	A	All Montgomery Schools	High	89.7	7:45

By school (sorted by attendance rate descending):

LEA Number	LEA Name	School Number	School Name	School Type	Attend Rate Pct	Bell time
13	Howard	0308	Marriotts Ridge High	High	>= 95.0	7:50
10	Frederick	0713	Urbana High	High	94.9	7:30
10	Frederick	0912	Linganore High	High	94.5	7:30
10	Frederick	0920	Oakdale High	High	94.5	7:30
10	Frederick	0226	Monocacy Valley Montessori	High	94.4	
13	Howard	0214	Centennial High	High	94.3	7:50
13	Howard	0524	River Hill High	High	94.2	7:50
15	Montgomery	0427	Walt Whitman High	High	94.1	7:45
10	Frederick	0313	Middletown High	High	94	
13	Howard	0404	Glenelg High	High	94	7:50
15	Montgomery	0234	Thomas S. Wootton High	High	94	7:45
13	Howard	0203	Howard High	High	93.4	7:50
15	Montgomery	0152	Poolesville High	High	93.4	7:45
15	Montgomery	0602	Winston Churchill High	High	93.4	
13	Howard	0509	Atholton High	High	93.2	7:50
10	Frederick	2503	Brunswick High	High	93	
13	Howard	0207	Mount Hebron High	High	93	7:50
13	Howard	0527	Reservoir High	High	93	7:50
10	Frederick	1509	Catoctin High	High	92.7	
10	Frederick	2610	Walkersville High	High	92.6	
13	Howard	0619	Hammond High	High	92.3	7:50
10	Frederick	2307	Tuscarora High	High	92.2	
15	Montgomery	0406	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High	High	92	
10	Frederick	0213	Gov. Thomas Johnson High	High	91.9	
13	Howard	0626	Guilford Park High	High	91.6	7:50
15	Montgomery	0201	Richard Montgomery High	High	91.4	
10	Frederick	0209	Frederick High	High	91.2	
13	Howard	0623	Long Reach High	High	91.2	7:50
15	Montgomery	0249	Clarksburg High	High	91.1	
15	Montgomery	0246	Northwest High	High	91	
15	Montgomery	0503	Sherwood High	High	90.8	
15	Montgomery	0424	Walter Johnson High	High	90.7	
15	Montgomery	0701	Damascus High	High	90.5	
15	Montgomery	0230	Rockville High	High	90.4	
15	Montgomery	0315	Paint Branch High	High	90.3	
13	Howard	0611	Oakland Mills High	High	90	7:50
15	Montgomery	0104	Seneca Valley High	High	90	
15	Montgomery	0125	Quince Orchard High	High	89.8	
15	Montgomery	0916	Rock Terrace School	High	89.4	
15	Montgomery	0965	John L Gildner Regional Inst for Children & Adol	High	89.1	
13	Howard	0516	Wilde Lake High	High	89	7:50
15	Montgomery	0757	Montgomery Blair High	High	88.7	
15	Montgomery	0798	Springbrook High	High	88.7	
15	Montgomery	0782	Wheaton High	High	88.5	
15	Montgomery	0321	James Hubert Blake High	High	88.3	
15	Montgomery	0510	Col. Zadok Magruder High	High	88.2	
15	Montgomery	0789	Albert Einstein High	High	87.6	
13	Howard	0522	Cedar Lane Special Center	High	87.3	
15	Montgomery	0951	Longview School	High	86.5	
10	Frederick	2613	Rock Creek	High	86	
15	Montgomery	0796	Northwood High	High	86	
15	Montgomery	0815	John F. Kennedy High	High	85.9	
15	Montgomery	0545	Watkins Mill High	High	85.1	
15	Montgomery	0799	Stephen Knolls School	High	84.8	
15	Montgomery	0551	Gaithersburg High	High	83.8	
10	Frederick	0208	Heather Ridge	High	75.6	
13	Howard	0080	Homewood School	High	69.8

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Thank you for using data and evidence to have this conversation rather than just thoughts and feelings.[/quote]

The only problem with this is that often kids are marked absent when they are there.  I don't bother fixing it anymore.[/quote]

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