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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 568162" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Our district tried to change it years ago and had to back down to the community uproar to leave it as an early start for high school. Parents wanted their teenagers home first so they would be home to babysit for younger siblings that got home later. Parents also complained that it would make sports practice get out too late and that it would interfere with their teenagers' part time jobs.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't a case that the school district didn't "get" it. It was the parents that didn't "get" it. The school district pulled out the research to show that a later start would result in higher achievement but the parents didn't care. </p><p></p><p>Trust me, any math teacher would tell you that trying to teach advanced math to teenagers at 7:15 in the morning is a daunting task. Not to mention that I don't enjoy getting up at 5:30 a.m. so I can be at school my 6:30 a.m.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 568162, member: 1967"] Our district tried to change it years ago and had to back down to the community uproar to leave it as an early start for high school. Parents wanted their teenagers home first so they would be home to babysit for younger siblings that got home later. Parents also complained that it would make sports practice get out too late and that it would interfere with their teenagers' part time jobs. It wasn't a case that the school district didn't "get" it. It was the parents that didn't "get" it. The school district pulled out the research to show that a later start would result in higher achievement but the parents didn't care. Trust me, any math teacher would tell you that trying to teach advanced math to teenagers at 7:15 in the morning is a daunting task. Not to mention that I don't enjoy getting up at 5:30 a.m. so I can be at school my 6:30 a.m. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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