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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8 and 8:30 am. I know MCPS delayed to 7:45 several years ago. But is that enough?[/quote]

They already went over this and the problem is that changing high school times would negatively impact elementary and middle school times [/quote]

Blah blah blah.I spent years and years waiting for elementary school to start at 9:25. My kids would get up at 6:30 and there almost 3 hours til school started. [b]Send those kids to school earlier![/b][/quote]

Seriously. Loudoun County does this (Elementary @ 7:50, Middle @ 8:50, HS @ 9:30). We love it.[/quote]

For the life of me, I don't understand why there isn't more discussion about or opposition to late elementary school start times. Maybe some kids sleep later, but I'm with the PP who had my kids up before 7:00 a.m. every day even though school started at 9:25 a.m. It's not like kids can go to the park or run around in the morning without needing a shower, so these start times force sedentary activities before school and leave little time after school for family or play. [/quote]

This! My MS and HS kids have no problem getting out the door for the bus. [b]The ES years with a 925 start time were hell for kids and especially for working parents.[/b]

Anyway, just accept this whole mess is one of the many negative consequences of having such a geographically huge school district. It's never going to change.[/quote]

My kids sleep until 8:00am and on the bus at 8:30am.  I can get to work just fine.  I start at 9am.  I don't want to be up at 5:30-6:00am in the dark getting young kids ready for school

If you switch these times kids that need longer sleep aren't getting it, kids are getting down school at 2:30pm so you are still paying for childcare one way or another.

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