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LWolf

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11. I was just talking to a colleague and parent of a high school student this week about this.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 07:57 PM

Mar 2014

We both agreed. The community has been surveyed several times, and there is no support for starting high school later here.

Why? Because of the sports programs. This community values sports above academics, and they simply won't put sports practices before school so academic classes can start later. It's not going to happen. They don't need any stinkin' research.

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To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let Them Sleep In. [View all] elleng Mar 2014 OP

or parents could just confiscate electronic devices at 9 p.m. nt grasswire Mar 2014 #1

Point missed. Igel Mar 2014 #9

point not missed. grasswire Mar 2014 #10

School starts here at 8:55 and has for 40 years. mbperrin Mar 2014 #2

SMART! elleng Mar 2014 #3

Strangely enough, Odessa, in west Texas, mbperrin Mar 2014 #5

'Strange,' and GOOD NEWS! elleng Mar 2014 #6

We have block period, which starts us at 7:45 for the first section. Starry Messenger Mar 2014 #4

I've been saying this for years! knitter4democracy Mar 2014 #7

YES! elleng Mar 2014 #8

I was just talking to a colleague and parent of a high school student this week about this. LWolf Mar 2014 #11