Parents: Doesn't this make much much more sense?

Parents: Doesn't this make much much more sense?
In a county in florida they do school time differently. Elementary schools start early around 7-7:30. Kids this age can't be left home in the morning by themselves to get ready, this way parents don't have to pay for day care. They can just drop them off before work. Kids those ages go to sleep earlier and get up earlier, so the start time is perfect. Schools still run the after school program till the same time. Middle and High schools start at 9-930 Teens these ages can stay home alone and get ready on time. Teens stay up later and get up later. Plus their circardian rhythm makes them tired at 10-11 and wake up at 8. So the start time again is perfect. Most kids go off to college anyways and take afternoon and evening classes so this is another 4 years they don't have to get up early. And by the time they are out of college their bodies have matured and would adjust to early morning jobs and such. And most jobs are a 9-5 type deal just like school would range. Except school would be 9-3. And 2 hours for sports, if they play one. Doesn't this make much much more sense? My second high school was 7:20 to 2:30. 7 hours. My high school in NY was from 7:25 to 1:50. even shorter So no, school days don't have to be 8 hours. My second high school has classes that were about 55 mins long. Each class was nearly an hour and we had 7 a day. Thats plently of time. Oh and compass it isnt 8 hours of learning, there is lunch and gym those you dont learn anything. So really your kid isn't learning 8 hours. Yes, I know gym is good. You get into shape but you don't learn anything. This question is about whether or not schools should have teens go later and younger kids go earlier.
Parenting - 5 Answers - 2009-01-23 20:49:34

Best Answer
Yes it does.And actually the law states 6 hours of schooling.

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Answer 1
Not really. that only leaves 6 hours in school for the high school and middle schoolers when they are supposed to be 8 hour days. well in my state the law states in order for the school to get goverment funding they must be in sesion 8 hours a day. Besides as a parent and paying taxes to the school wouldnt you want your child in for 8 hours a day learning as much as they can, if my child has a chance to learn i want him to take it!
2009-01-23 20:59:55

Answer 2
Yes it does.And actually the law states 6 hours of schooling.
2009-01-23 21:03:05

Answer 3
gym teaches ur kids to be healthy, its important in the world of fat we live in!!!
2009-01-23 21:18:42

Answer 4
No Way! My kids don't wake till about 7am. I will stick to 9-3.30pm. If you have kids you work out your work times around school or put them in before school care
2009-01-23 21:49:37

Answer 5
That would put too much of an undue economic burden on the school system for the buses. It would require multiple routes running over the same area- Once to pick up the grade school kids & then again over the same area to pick up middle school/Jr High & High School kids. The costs would be too much for the bus company or the school board (whoever furnishes the buses) in payroll for the drivers, & fuel & other costs on the buses themselves. Depending on the length of the bus route, the bus that picked up the grade school kids may not be able to drop them off at the school(s) and then make it back to the starting point of the route to go back through to pick up the Jr High/High School kids to get them to their schools in time, based on your time schedule scenarios. This would result in 2, or more, buses being required to run a bus route that only needed 1 bus. That may work out perfectly if all of the younger children were dropped off & picked up at school by their parents & no buses at all were required. And the same for the older kids- they could either walk to school or was old enough to drive to school & the school had ample parking spaces for all of the students driving (this throws in a monkey wrench though due to the Graduated Licenses for teens now- restricted licenses & even the huge cost to have the acreage for all of the students to park on campus if they were legally able to drive themselves to school) A lot of planning was put into the reasoning why school start/dismissal times are how they are today & are based on numerous things. Those times are not just randomly selected by the Board of Education.
2009-01-24 10:42:14