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[quote=Anonymous]I have taught in different districts in the DMV but always in schools that have a 60%+ farms rate.
What I write below is my best attempt of just “the facts” that I’ve experienced in the past 15 years as an HS&MS teacher.

1) Yes, you (and parents et Al) are correct when you state that research says that early start times for MS/HS students are detrimental to their learning, and that secondary students learn better at later times. As a teacher, I wish this could be the case.

2) MONEY and BUSES are a huge issue. I have seen a lot of people say something along the lines of “Why can’t they just switch HS and ES routes? Duh!” All three “wealthy” counties in the DMV I have worked for have had the same discussions year after year about school start times . The issue remains that the county and tax payers do not want to pay for dozens of new drivers.

I know it sounds easy phonetically, but getting the county to pay for a new huge initiative is HARD.

3) point 3: I am not privileged like most of my peers on this board. However, I would like to say that switching HS and ES school yikes would seriously mess up many of my kids.

Yes, ES students dismiss later, BUT my HS students (who get out at 230) have to rush home for their kids. If times switched, my 9th grader wouldn’t get home until 5AM and my curfew would hurt[/quote]

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