8:30 or later. Good. I say start it at 10. Let the kids sleep in and be happier for it.
That won't work for young kids if the parents have to go to work by 9.
let's make people start work later!
New California law requires high schools to start later
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#128:30 or later. Good. I say start it at 10. Let the kids sleep in and be happier for it.
That won't work for young kids if the parents have to go to work by 9.
If a high schooler needs to be driven to school by their parent, there is a serious street safety/transit problem which should be solved.
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#148:30 or later. Good. I say start it at 10. Let the kids sleep in and be happier for it.
That won't work for young kids if the parents have to go to work by 9.
This is for high school. But not all high schoolers are responsible enough, so still a point. Also, the majority of people have to be at work at 8am or earlier.
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#158:30 or later. Good. I say start it at 10. Let the kids sleep in and be happier for it.
Ten sounds like a nightmare for working parents. Eight seems like a completely reasonable start time to me, yet this law prevents that. Schools should be able to decide for themselves based off of the parents and what works for those in the district.
That's because the law is based around what's been observed behaviorally/biologically. Not what's good for working parents
Schools shouldn't be forcing developing humans into a schedule that impairs their ability to learn and function, no matter what they want to decide
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Yeah, because they won't just stay up later then.
Their parents will still likely wake them up when they go off to work.
I am VERY close to this situation, I'm married to a California teacher. Most of the kids hate this idea.
1. They know they and everyone else will just stay up later. 2. School will go on too late in the day, sports participation is dropping appreciably. 3. Those who work after school or school/sports are quitting sports to work, and planning ways to leave when they did previously to go to work.
This is incredibly short-sighted, and will not last a year.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
That won't work for young kids if the parents have to go to work by 9.
If a high schooler needs to be driven to school by their parent, there is a serious street safety/transit problem which should be solved.
I think the bigger issue is unsupervised minors. Not all high schoolers are mature enough to be left alone and go to school. I suppose this could be solved by pre-care, but that make this bill completely moot.
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#19When we follow this up with year-round "Day Light Savings Time" will we move school a second hour forward?
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#20Nothing will change. Kids will just take advantage of the late start by staying up even later.