If they could handle 9:15 they can handle 9:25

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parents need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm sure your child can suffer through an extra ten minutes of school. One of these days your kids won't be in elementary school anymore and you'll appreciate why many parents of teens feel so strongly about the change in times. No teenager should be walking to a bus or standing around in the dark waiting for a bus. I agree that 20 minutes was not optimal to help with the sleep issue, but if it gets kids off the streets in the dark then it's worth it.

I have a KGer and I totally agree with this! And 10 extra minutes to relax at lunch of recess sounds pretty awesome to me.

It sounds pretty awesome if you can afford both after-care AND before-care. It's definitely tough for parents who aren't as wealthy. It can be a pretty sizable financial burden.

We have KAH at my school and it's an extra $335/month for before care (on top of what we're already paying for after-care).

Before care at KAH is not that much more if you already pay aftercare.

Just looked it up...for 2015-2016. After care for 5 days is $453. If you add before care, the cost increases to $535. So it's an extra $82 per month per kid.

Anonymous wrote:so elementary that currently starts at 915 will start at 925? how are working parents supposed to handle that?

Pay for before care!

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parents need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm sure your child can suffer through an extra ten minutes of school. One of these days your kids won't be in elementary school anymore and you'll appreciate why many parents of teens feel so strongly about the change in times. No teenager should be walking to a bus or standing around in the dark waiting for a bus. I agree that 20 minutes was not optimal to help with the sleep issue, but if it gets kids off the streets in the dark then it's worth it.

I have a KGer and I totally agree with this! And 10 extra minutes to relax at lunch of recess sounds pretty awesome to me.

It sounds pretty awesome if you can afford both after-care AND before-care. It's definitely tough for parents who aren't as wealthy. It can be a pretty sizable financial burden.

We have KAH at my school and it's an extra $335/month for before care (on top of what we're already paying for after-care).

Before care at KAH is not that much more if you already pay aftercare.

You're right! Sorry, it's only $80 a month more if you already do after-care. (Yay!)

But I still stand by the fact that I think it will be a burden for some families.

so elementary that currently starts at 915 will start at 925? how are working parents supposed to handle that?

The school board (and Starr) pitted the high school parents against the elementary school parents in a successful divide-and-conquer play.

And now the issue is off the table for a few more years.

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parents need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm sure your child can suffer through an extra ten minutes of school. One of these days your kids won't be in elementary school anymore and you'll appreciate why many parents of teens feel so strongly about the change in times. No teenager should be walking to a bus or standing around in the dark waiting for a bus. I agree that 20 minutes was not optimal to help with the sleep issue, but if it gets kids off the streets in the dark then it's worth it.

Nobody was objecting to that.

The main objection was elementary schools starting after 9:30 am, which is hard for parents who need to get to work in the morning.

No ES will be starting after 9:30 though.

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parents need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm sure your child can suffer through an extra ten minutes of school. One of these days your kids won't be in elementary school anymore and you'll appreciate why many parents of teens feel so strongly about the change in times. No teenager should be walking to a bus or standing around in the dark waiting for a bus. I agree that 20 minutes was not optimal to help with the sleep issue, but if it gets kids off the streets in the dark then it's worth it.

I have a KGer and I totally agree with this! And 10 extra minutes to relax at lunch of recess sounds pretty awesome to me.

It sounds pretty awesome if you can afford both after-care AND before-care. It's definitely tough for parents who aren't as wealthy. It can be a pretty sizable financial burden.

We have KAH at my school and it's an extra $335/month for before care (on top of what we're already paying for after-care).

Before care at KAH is not that much more if you already pay aftercare.

Thanks for the ES tier 1 and 2 clarification!

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parents need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm sure your child can suffer through an extra ten minutes of school. One of these days your kids won't be in elementary school anymore and you'll appreciate why many parents of teens feel so strongly about the change in times. No teenager should be walking to a bus or standing around in the dark waiting for a bus. I agree that 20 minutes was not optimal to help with the sleep issue, but if it gets kids off the streets in the dark then it's worth it.

I have a KGer and I totally agree with this! And 10 extra minutes to relax at lunch of recess sounds pretty awesome to me.

It sounds pretty awesome if you can afford both after-care AND before-care. It's definitely tough for parents who aren't as wealthy. It can be a pretty sizable financial burden.

We have KAH at my school and it's an extra $335/month for before care (on top of what we're already paying for after-care).

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Beginning in August of 2015, high school students will start class at 7:45 a.m., middle school will be delayed 20 minutes and elementary schools will have 10 minutes added to the day for either recess or lunch.

http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2015/02/montgomery-county-votes-change-bell-times/

My guess is that it will start out for recess and lunch, and then eventually be changed over to more instruction time when the decide it's necessary. I doubt they'll leave it for extra recess for too long.

That would require bargaining, wouldn't it?

I think extending the work day should involve an increase in pay, though paying someone for ten minutes of time seems like a very small increase. If you increased my work day, I would want more money.

My understanding is that the county's decision to add the ten minutes to lunch/recess is so that they can argue that the teachers should not be paid for those ten minutes because they are not with students during that time. I have no doubt that the reason they are increasing the day by ten minutes and not fifteen probably has some contract aspect to it as well.

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parents need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm sure your child can suffer through an extra ten minutes of school. One of these days your kids won't be in elementary school anymore and you'll appreciate why many parents of teens feel so strongly about the change in times. No teenager should be walking to a bus or standing around in the dark waiting for a bus. I agree that 20 minutes was not optimal to help with the sleep issue, but if it gets kids off the streets in the dark then it's worth it.

I have a KGer and I totally agree with this! And 10 extra minutes to relax at lunch of recess sounds pretty awesome to me.

Anonymous wrote:Elementary school parents need to wake up and smell the coffee. I'm sure your child can suffer through an extra ten minutes of school. One of these days your kids won't be in elementary school anymore and you'll appreciate why many parents of teens feel so strongly about the change in times. No teenager should be walking to a bus or standing around in the dark waiting for a bus. I agree that 20 minutes was not optimal to help with the sleep issue, but if it gets kids off the streets in the dark then it's worth it.

Nobody was objecting to that.

The main objection was elementary schools starting after 9:30 am, which is hard for parents who need to get to work in the morning.

Anonymous wrote:Please send link to help me determine if my elementary school will be Tier 1 or Tier 2.

Your elementary school already is Tier 1 or Tier 2. What time does your elementary school start now? Before 9 am (Tier 1) or after (Tier 2)?

Anonymous wrote:Please send link to help me determine if my elementary school will be Tier 1 or Tier 2.

It will stay whatever it already is.