Anonymous
Post 08/07/2016 00:10     Subject: Fairfax County start times
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Anonymous wrote:Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.


+180, for each miserable morning


You can thank current School Board chair Sandy Evans and the morons at SLEEP for that.


Sandy would have preferred middle schools kept their later (pre-change) start times, but a choice had to be made because taxpayers refuse to foot the bill for more buses and bus drivers.


Seems like it turned out FCPS had plenty of money in the budget after all, even after the usual doomsday predictions. Why don't they use some of their surplus for buses and drivers?
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 21:49     Subject: Fairfax County start times
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.


+180, for each miserable morning


You can thank current School Board chair Sandy Evans and the morons at SLEEP for that.


Sandy would have preferred middle schools kept their later (pre-change) start times, but a choice had to be made because taxpayers refuse to foot the bill for more buses and bus drivers.


Actually, Sandy/SLEEP wanted to make the elementary kids go first, but this was roundly rejected as moronic. The compromise was to make middle school kids go first, resulting in kids who need more sleep getting far less than recommended.


Actually, in Loudoun where I live (and in Henrico County in Richmond where I am from) this is how it's done and it's fine. My kids tardy bell rings at 7:50am. They wake at 7:00, bus comes at 7:28. It actually works really well. MS bus comes at 8, HS bus comes at 8:30. Pretty ideal to me.


I am in awe. My elementary school kids' bus comes at 8:45 and I wake them up at 7:45 and still rush them to get them out the door! They are so pokey in the morning.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 20:30     Subject: Fairfax County start times
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.


+180, for each miserable morning


You can thank current School Board chair Sandy Evans and the morons at SLEEP for that.


Sandy would have preferred middle schools kept their later (pre-change) start times, but a choice had to be made because taxpayers refuse to foot the bill for more buses and bus drivers.


Actually, Sandy/SLEEP wanted to make the elementary kids go first, but this was roundly rejected as moronic. The compromise was to make middle school kids go first, resulting in kids who need more sleep getting far less than recommended.


Actually, in Loudoun where I live (and in Henrico County in Richmond where I am from) this is how it's done and it's fine. My kids tardy bell rings at 7:50am. They wake at 7:00, bus comes at 7:28. It actually works really well. MS bus comes at 8, HS bus comes at 8:30. Pretty ideal to me.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 16:06     Subject: Fairfax County start times
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.


+180, for each miserable morning


You can thank current School Board chair Sandy Evans and the morons at SLEEP for that.


Sandy would have preferred middle schools kept their later (pre-change) start times, but a choice had to be made because taxpayers refuse to foot the bill for more buses and bus drivers.


Actually the option they chose needed more buses and cost more - not sure what reasoning they had...

Write to Karen Garza and the school board!
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 13:35     Subject: Fairfax County start times
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.


+180, for each miserable morning


You can thank current School Board chair Sandy Evans and the morons at SLEEP for that.


Sandy would have preferred middle schools kept their later (pre-change) start times, but a choice had to be made because taxpayers refuse to foot the bill for more buses and bus drivers.


Actually, Sandy/SLEEP wanted to make the elementary kids go first, but this was roundly rejected as moronic. The compromise was to make middle school kids go first, resulting in kids who need more sleep getting far less than recommended.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 11:07     Subject: Re:Fairfax County start times
Anonymous wrote:I think the solution should be a county-wide effort to build sidewalks within 1-1.5 miles of every school and remove any buses that cover these perimeters now. Use those eliminated buses and bus drivers to at least put a dent in the costs and move MS start times to the same time as high school. Yes, it would be expensive, but not only would it allow for later start times, but it would create a more walkable Fairfax and hopefully promote healthier lifestyles all around. Again, taxes would have to go up, but it would be worth it.


Don't count on it happening too quickly. They are filling in sidewalks on Kirby/Idlewood from Rte 7 to Chetsrbrook Road and down Chesterbrook and it is going to take 6 years once they start. They decided serval years ago and it has yet to start. Kids not even born yet will still be waiting for them to be built so they can walk to their elementary school even for 6th grade. I don't know why it take so long. Or if it because it is VDOT and therefore out of the county's hands.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 09:40     Subject: Re:Fairfax County start times
I think the solution should be a county-wide effort to build sidewalks within 1-1.5 miles of every school and remove any buses that cover these perimeters now. Use those eliminated buses and bus drivers to at least put a dent in the costs and move MS start times to the same time as high school. Yes, it would be expensive, but not only would it allow for later start times, but it would create a more walkable Fairfax and hopefully promote healthier lifestyles all around. Again, taxes would have to go up, but it would be worth it.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 09:35     Subject: Fairfax County start times
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.


+180, for each miserable morning


You can thank current School Board chair Sandy Evans and the morons at SLEEP for that.


Sandy would have preferred middle schools kept their later (pre-change) start times, but a choice had to be made because taxpayers refuse to foot the bill for more buses and bus drivers.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 08:55     Subject: Fairfax County start times
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.


+180, for each miserable morning


You can thank current School Board chair Sandy Evans and the morons at SLEEP for that.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 08:29     Subject: Fairfax County start times
Anonymous wrote:Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.


+180, for each miserable morning
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2016 00:27     Subject: Fairfax County start times
Oh how I wish they would make middle school start later.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2016 16:43     Subject: Re:Fairfax County start times
What do you mean "announce" the start times? Just go to your school's web page and it says right there what their hours are. The county doesn't make a big announcement for every school.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2016 13:28     Subject: Fairfax County start times
We heard about ours a few months ago. Wakefield Forest. Starting 10 minutes later.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2016 13:28     Subject: Re:Fairfax County start times
The start times are available on each school's website.
Anonymous
Post 08/05/2016 13:23     Subject: Fairfax County start times
When are they going to announce? Does anyone know?