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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason DCOS can do that is that they do t run school buses. Unfortunately not an option in MoCo unless they switch elementary to start early, which I would support but many other don’t. [/quote]

If ES started at 7:45 and got out at 2:30, many more thousands of seats in aftercare would be needed.[/quote]

Except HS students provide child care so that wouldn't work if they got out later, younger kids earlier.[/quote]

How are other states able to make later start times work?
Montgomery County is not unique. Same problems everywhere but in other places, they adapt and figure things out.
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We have a child care shortage now and always have.  How would you propose we make it work?  And, a bus driver shortage.  Most places don't have as large a student body to deal with.[/quote]

It’s not the school districts job to provide you with childcare. It is their job to provide an education. The rest of the country has later start times for high school and earlier start times for elementary. They made it work. We could do except apparently every parent in MoCo had kids and forgot they had to actually take care of them.[/quote]

There are multiple issues with late starts from child care to busing issues.  We don't have either issue but we do have after school activities that start right after school so we have to scramble to pick up our kids and get them to the activity several times a week.  So, some of those activities couldn't happen.  Nor could kids work with after school jobs, which may not be an issue for your family but could be for others.  I'm sorry your kids cannot get up and you cannot parent them in a way to support them but the rest of our kids shouldn't have to miss out because yours are too lazy to go to bed and wake up on time.[/quote]

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