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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're going to create middle school zombies instead.[/quote]

nope.  they'll move to address middle school start times next, but in the meantime the fewest kids will be impacted by early start times.  [b]many kids don't even hit puberty till after middle schoo[/b]l so they don't have as difficult a time falling asleep at night as ALL high schoolers.  [b]Plus, presumably their parents of 12-14 year olds have an easier time enforcing a bedtime[/b].

secondly, the pressures on middle-schoolers aren't as great academically as they are on high school students.  most are taking 2- perhaps 3 high school courses in those two years.  for high schoolers EVERYTHING counts.[/quote]

Your kids must be younger than MS.  I have a middle schooler.  She can not fall asleep before 10 or 11...she in in the throws of puberty...and there is nothing I can do to require her to go to sleep....I can have her in her bed at 9, but she does not fall asleep until 10 or 11....

Almost all middle schoolers are in the worst of puberty...at least the girls...

I am not looking forward to this school year....[/quote]

Sorry about your daughter.  Console yourself that at least middle school is mostly about developing organizational skills and good study habits.  And perhaps when she is getting up earlier, she'll fall asleep earlier.

I have two in high school now and one in college.  I've been through the whole cycle and nothing is worse than the effects I've seen from the combination of lack of sleep and the stress of high school on kids.  And these aren't just my kids.  I work in the schools and I know tons of kids.  [/quote]

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