HandsofStone77 t1_j8n5i9r wrote on February 15, 2023 at 3:20 PM

My oldest is in HS, and they start at 7:20 AM (on the bus at 6:40-6:45 AM). There's a proposal in my town to change the start times and push them back 30 minutes (potentially, there's a couple of other options). I will say my kids are losing their minds about that proposal, because they are worried they'll get home late and have no time to do anything. Especially my youngest, who wouldn't get home until 4 PM since his school would start at almost 9 AM.

I think them being up stupidly early and starting that early is inappropriate, but there hasn't been an easy path so far for getting this settled.

EDIT: Just saw the proposal they went with is delaying the start of our high school by 35 minutes to 7:55 and the middle school will start 10 minutes later, and acquire 4 more buses to allow it to be just two tier instead of three tier.

idkwhatimdoing25 t1_j8o0v85 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 6:45 PM

Kids I know are also worried about how that would impact their after school sports. The sun sets very early here for a good portion of the year meaning practice and games have to end early for outdoor sports and most districts can't afford to add lights to all of their sports fields.

HandsofStone77 t1_j8o4pyz wrote on February 15, 2023 at 7:10 PM

My kids are heavily involved in dance and Scouts, and those activities would have to move later to accommodate this or it would just all run together leaving no time for homework. While I want to say "Just move it all later!" the logistics of that get very tricky.

HxH101kite t1_j8oe4ny wrote on February 15, 2023 at 8:10 PM

Or sports, not really scouts, but the others will just all he before school this making the entire thing a wash.