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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m all for starting HS later but I do wonder if they could even hire the bus drivers to cover, even assuming they bought all the extra buses—they have such a shortage now.  It’s such a crappy job that I’m not sure it’s even fixable with higher pay.  The pay and benefits aren’t bad—our former nanny applied for the job and we did the reference for her—but the tests and background checks are really extensive.  And, really, there’s not enough money in the world to make me drive a school bus full of rowdy children in MoCo traffic—I don’t even like driving carpool in my minivan![/quote]

I am a long-time proponent of later school start times for HS students and will continue to advocate for this even though it no longer impacts my family. However, you are absolutely right. Right now, drivers in are short supply, so there would be no way to do it.

I think that many of us who are older and had later school start times lived in smaller town or local districts, which had a larger number of students who walked to school and therefore did not need bus transportation.

With that said, I still wish we could find a way to make this happen. I have three teens, and they and all of their friends will tell you that one good thing about the pandemic and virtual school was being able to sleep later. They all reported feeling better once they didn't have to get up before 7.[/quote]

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