Reply to MCPS to study later start times

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "MCPS to study later start times"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

I am of the camp that thinks the times should remain the same, or perhaps only change by 1/2 hour. These children will be in college, the military, or in the working world soon enough, where no one is going to make the starting time later to give them more sleep. Or should the colleges change their classes to start later, too? After all, kids are in their teens during their first few years of college...

[/quote]

I don't know where you went to college, but there were absolutely zero classes that started before 8:00 where I went to college.  Add on the fact that most freshman and sophomore college students (the ones who are still teens) live pretty close to where their classes are held thus negating the necessity to wake up even earlier to catch a bus.  Bottom line...college freshman and sophomores wake up no earlier than 7:30 maybe three mornings a week, which is exactly what a later start time would enable MCPS HS students to do five mornings per week.

How many of us adults have to be at work by 7:25, necessitating a departure time of 6:45 or earlier every morning?  I'm betting very few, unless you're a HS teacher like me.  the working world argument doesn't hold water either.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics