Anonymous wrote:Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly turn into anymore of a shit show.... My kid attends one of the elementary schools impacted. So, now I guess I have to wake my 7 year old up at 5:30 for school? And my neighbor’s lazy teenager who stays up all night gaming can sleep in longer and have another excuse for not getting a job.

What an asinine post. How do you know so much about your neighbor's child's sleep schedule and habits? Maybe quit being such a creepy stalker and mind your own kid. Teenagers don't need jobs during the school year!

I'm trying to picture my husband (or any mature adult really) having a temper tantrum about 20 minutes....nope! I can't picture it!

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Anonymous wrote:I wish FCPS would start ES early.

It really is the better way. Once parents of young children gain a little perspective, they will see it too.

Negative. We dont plan on showing up to school at 730. We’ll keep our routine and show up at 750 or so. Principal has already been notified via email about it. Of course we got the whole truancy BS and CPS threat but we said we dont care. Simple.

Ok? They aren’t going to change the start times because you do this and your child will miss all of his/her morning work.

If all you got from the message was calling for changing times I have a bridge to sell you.

Anyway, my children nor myself care a flying fk about what people think and stare at. If only people could focus more on themselves that’d be great.

Look, lady, we get that you're not disciplined eonough to a) get up 20 minutes earlier or b) streamline your morning routine to conform to the new start time but don't use your kids as pawns in your little hissy fit just to make that point.

I was born with a penis so I’m not a lady. Waking up early is not about discipline. It’s about what works with my family. I know, you can’t fathom such a concept. You probably think children belong to the state or some moronic concept like that. My kids won’t be used as pawns because they themselves said they weren’t going to cave in to new draconian measures.

I don't think it still works that way these days, does it? At least not in Loudoun County when it comes to bathrooms and locker rooms.....

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Anonymous wrote:School start times really don't bother me. It's ending at 2 that's very very hard on working families. I wish they had sports or free activities you could sign your kid up for until 3:30.

I agree. For some reason, we are still using a school schedule that was designed to address the needs of an agrarian society - start times late enough for children to help with morning farm chores and summers off to help with harvest. Shouldn't we reconfigure school schedules to better align with how society functions today?

A lot of dual-income families are working all day, whether school ends at 2 or 3:30, so they need childcare either way.

This. Also, it hasn’t had anything to do with an “agrarian society” in 70+ years. It has to do with one thing and one thing only:transportation. If not for transportation, all schools in a district would just start and end at the same time.

And there is just no meaningful difference about 7:30 vs 7:50. Both are quite early. That’s life.

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Anonymous wrote:The idea that a 17 year starts school after 9 am and ends after 4 pm, and a 7 year old starts at 7:30 am and ends by 2:30 pm is ludicrous for so many reasons.

Honestly, this makes so much sense to me. I’m jealous. FCPS parent who’s 14 yo goes to the bus at 6:40.

+1 from an FCPS parent. My ES starts at 9:20 am and MS starts at 7:30. And who's up first? Yes, the ES kid. My kids would be estactic if they had these start times.

Another +1 but from an APS parent. Study after study has shown it's better for HS students to start later.

We are at the one MS/HS in APS that starts late and I love it! They get extra sleep in the morning, and school+bus ride occupies most of the afternoon so less time to get in trouble.

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Anonymous wrote:School start times really don't bother me. It's ending at 2 that's very very hard on working families. I wish they had sports or free activities you could sign your kid up for until 3:30.

I agree. For some reason, we are still using a school schedule that was designed to address the needs of an agrarian society - start times late enough for children to help with morning farm chores and summers off to help with harvest. Shouldn't we reconfigure school schedules to better align with how society functions today?

A lot of dual-income families are working all day, whether school ends at 2 or 3:30, so they need childcare either way.

Anonymous wrote:School start times really don't bother me. It's ending at 2 that's very very hard on working families. I wish they had sports or free activities you could sign your kid up for until 3:30.

I agree. For some reason, we are still using a school schedule that was designed to address the needs of an agrarian society - start times late enough for children to help with morning farm chores and summers off to help with harvest. Shouldn't we reconfigure school schedules to better align with how society functions today?

School start times really don't bother me. It's ending at 2 that's very very hard on working families. I wish they had sports or free activities you could sign your kid up for until 3:30.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish FCPS would start ES early.

It really is the better way. Once parents of young children gain a little perspective, they will see it too.

Negative. We dont plan on showing up to school at 730. We’ll keep our routine and show up at 750 or so. Principal has already been notified via email about it. Of course we got the whole truancy BS and CPS threat but we said we dont care. Simple.

Ok? They aren’t going to change the start times because you do this and your child will miss all of his/her morning work.

If all you got from the message was calling for changing times I have a bridge to sell you.

Anyway, my children nor myself care a flying fk about what people think and stare at. If only people could focus more on themselves that’d be great.

Look, lady, we get that you're not disciplined eonough to a) get up 20 minutes earlier or b) streamline your morning routine to conform to the new start time but don't use your kids as pawns in your little hissy fit just to make that point.

I was born with a penis so I’m not a lady. Waking up early is not about discipline. It’s about what works with my family. I know, you can’t fathom such a concept. You probably think children belong to the state or some moronic concept like that. My kids won’t be used as pawns because they themselves said they weren’t going to cave in to new draconian measures.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, given how stubborn and belligerent you are, in addition to the usual libertarian tells in your comments.