Anonymous wrote:Don’t fight this battle here where people are ignorant of actual science and prefer to go on their own feelings, etc. Take it to Thomas Taylor with all the latest scientific evidence of teenager sleep requirements and patterns. Many states have followed the science and switched to later school times. MD is behind as usual

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t fight this battle here where people are ignorant of actual science and prefer to go on their own feelings, etc. Take it to Thomas Taylor with all the latest scientific evidence of teenager sleep requirements and patterns. Many states have followed the science and switched to later school times. MD is behind as usual

Mcps was once known as a leader in the state and country. Leader MCPS could come up with science backed changes.Now it's only the largest school system in the state. Pathetic.

Anonymous wrote:Teens are not sleeping enough and getting behind the wheel

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don’t want that. Enforce bedtime. Starting later means kids go to bed later so it fixes nothing.

Some of us do want that because our kids cannot fall asleep 8 hours before they have to get up to be on a bus by 6:50, regardless of a bedtime. Bedtime just means electronics put away, lights out, kid in bed. It doesn’t mean kid is sleepy.

If they're not sleepy they're probably not getting enough physical activity or _are_ getting too much screen time, or both. Reduce the screens and enhance the exercise, and then see if they can get to bed.

Stop acting like there is something wrong with kids or their parents if teenagers aren't sleepy at 9:30 or 10pm. It is very biologically normal for them not to be, unfortunately.

If they are getting up early they should be tired by 10-11. It’s absurd to expect a schedule change for what. 60k or more students because you refuse to tell yours to go to bed.

Yes, being tired enough to sleep by 11 is more normal for a teen. Which would mean a 7am wake time for 8 hours of sleep, so catching the bus around 7:45 and starting school around 8:15.

Anonymous wrote:I think what is happening is that kids who don't have activities (which are many) come home from school, take a nap, and are therefore awake later.

In addition, most kids have their phones in their bedrooms and don't have the restraint not to use them for text, social media, YouTube, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don’t want that. Enforce bedtime. Starting later means kids go to bed later so it fixes nothing.

Some of us do want that because our kids cannot fall asleep 8 hours before they have to get up to be on a bus by 6:50, regardless of a bedtime. Bedtime just means electronics put away, lights out, kid in bed. It doesn’t mean kid is sleepy.

If they're not sleepy they're probably not getting enough physical activity or _are_ getting too much screen time, or both. Reduce the screens and enhance the exercise, and then see if they can get to bed.

Stop acting like there is something wrong with kids or their parents if teenagers aren't sleepy at 9:30 or 10pm. It is very biologically normal for them not to be, unfortunately.

If they are getting up early they should be tired by 10-11. It’s absurd to expect a schedule change for what. 60k or more students because you refuse to tell yours to go to bed.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t fight this battle here where people are ignorant of actual science and prefer to go on their own feelings, etc. Take it to Thomas Taylor with all the latest scientific evidence of teenager sleep requirements and patterns. Many states have followed the science and switched to later school times. MD is behind as usual

Anonymous wrote:I think what is happening is that kids who don't have activities (which are many) come home from school, take a nap, and are therefore awake later.

In addition, most kids have their phones in their bedrooms and don't have the restraint not to use them for text, social media, YouTube, etc.

Anonymous wrote:18:22 You're the one "putting your kid to sleep" for your convenience not for their own health. You do you and the 159.9k will advocate for later high school start time

Anonymous wrote:18:22 You're the one "putting your kid to sleep" for your convenience not for their own health. You do you and the 159.9k will advocate for later high school start time

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don’t want that. Enforce bedtime. Starting later means kids go to bed later so it fixes nothing.

Some of us do want that because our kids cannot fall asleep 8 hours before they have to get up to be on a bus by 6:50, regardless of a bedtime. Bedtime just means electronics put away, lights out, kid in bed. It doesn’t mean kid is sleepy.

If they're not sleepy they're probably not getting enough physical activity or _are_ getting too much screen time, or both. Reduce the screens and enhance the exercise, and then see if they can get to bed.

Stop acting like there is something wrong with kids or their parents if teenagers aren't sleepy at 9:30 or 10pm. It is very biologically normal for them not to be, unfortunately.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of us don’t want that. Enforce bedtime. Starting later means kids go to bed later so it fixes nothing.

Some of us do want that because our kids cannot fall asleep 8 hours before they have to get up to be on a bus by 6:50, regardless of a bedtime. Bedtime just means electronics put away, lights out, kid in bed. It doesn’t mean kid is sleepy.

If they're not sleepy they're probably not getting enough physical activity or _are_ getting too much screen time, or both. Reduce the screens and enhance the exercise, and then see if they can get to bed.