we actually pulled it off and the board listened to us so no late start schedule changes this year. im so glad we stood our ground on this one and kept our current times. lets just keep an eye on things to be sure they dont try this again later.
March 7, 2016
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This change in school time will greatly affect all students that participate in extra curricular activities. If the school time is pushed back, athletic practices would either be before, or after the school day. With athletic practices before school, and each practice two and a half to three hours, students will have to wake up even earlier than they have to already, with the 7:20 am start. Plus, underclassmen without a license, or people without the ability to drive themselves, will not possibly have the chance to be driven to school for their athletic practices or educational needs before school starts, if both of their parents work. To sum everything up, later starts will just push back everyone’s schedules by about an hour and a half. This means students will go to bed even later, and sleep for the same amount of hours. Students that have to work after school will just have to work later (because of the late end), to make up for the time lost as well. The latest start that would not effect students in an overwhelming way would be a start at around 8:00 am.
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February 15, 2016
25 Comments
A 9:30 start wouldn't change my day it would just flip my day by forcing me to have practice for school sports in the morning. Because of this I may have to get up even earlier then I do now. I don't want to loose instruction time during the "transition year" that could effect the collages I get into either. I don't want this new system to be tested on me! Why not have the high schoolers start at 8:00 and the elementary schools start at 9:30. 8:00 is still an improvement and provides an extra 40 minutes of sleep!
If anything changes, I would not be able to keep my amazing job because of the lack of time after school. Getting home at 7-730 would leave us barely any time to get work done and study with a good nights sleep.
With so many high school students in sports (probably 50% of the student body or more), if the later start is approved these students may have to practice before school and be forced to wake up earlier then they do currently. We have two children at the high school and neither of them want the start time to be pushed any later if possible.
in all honesty having late starts is such a stupid idea. i would have no way of getting to school since I live out of the district and cannot drive myself. both my parents work and could not get me to school. it also costs so much money that I don't even know how my family and many other struggling families would be able to pay for it.. the system is fine as it is and I would never support the late start. if barrington changed its starting times I would probably be forced to transfer schools
And all the students with KEEP jobs at the elementary schools would lose their jobs :/
KEEP THE SAME!! its an excuse to have kids stay up later
I think that the school start time should remain at 7:20am because the change would impact students in a very negative way.
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we actually pulled it off and the board listened to us so no late start schedule changes this year. im so glad we stood our ground on this one and kept our current times. lets just keep an eye on things to be sure they dont try this again later.
March 7, 2016
Final supporters
This change in school time will greatly affect all students that participate in extra curricular activities. If the school time is pushed back, athletic practices would either be before, or after the school day. With athletic practices before school, and each practice two and a half to three hours, students will have to wake up even earlier than they have to already, with the 7:20 am start. Plus, underclassmen without a license, or people without the ability to drive themselves, will not possibly have the chance to be driven to school for their athletic practices or educational needs before school starts, if both of their parents work. To sum everything up, later starts will just push back everyone’s schedules by about an hour and a half. This means students will go to bed even later, and sleep for the same amount of hours. Students that have to work after school will just have to work later (because of the late end), to make up for the time lost as well. The latest start that would not effect students in an overwhelming way would be a start at around 8:00 am.
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Reached 100 supporters
February 15, 2016
25 Comments
The schedule should stay the same for a variety of reasons, but the most significant is the fact that us students would have less instructional time. As a result of this decrease in school time, we will be at a disadvantage when applying for colleges against other schools, like Stevenson and New Trier.
A 9:30 start wouldn't change my day it would just flip my day by forcing me to have practice for school sports in the morning. Because of this I may have to get up even earlier then I do now. I don't want to loose instruction time during the "transition year" that could effect the collages I get into either. I don't want this new system to be tested on me! Why not have the high schoolers start at 8:00 and the elementary schools start at 9:30. 8:00 is still an improvement and provides an extra 40 minutes of sleep!
If anything changes, I would not be able to keep my amazing job because of the lack of time after school. Getting home at 7-730 would leave us barely any time to get work done and study with a good nights sleep.
With so many high school students in sports (probably 50% of the student body or more), if the later start is approved these students may have to practice before school and be forced to wake up earlier then they do currently. We have two children at the high school and neither of them want the start time to be pushed any later if possible.
in all honesty having late starts is such a stupid idea. i would have no way of getting to school since I live out of the district and cannot drive myself. both my parents work and could not get me to school. it also costs so much money that I don't even know how my family and many other struggling families would be able to pay for it.. the system is fine as it is and I would never support the late start. if barrington changed its starting times I would probably be forced to transfer schools
And all the students with KEEP jobs at the elementary schools would lose their jobs :/
KEEP THE SAME!! its an excuse to have kids stay up later
I think that the school start time should remain at 7:20am because the change would impact students in a very negative way.
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The schedule should stay the same for a variety of reasons, but the most significant is the fact that us students would have less instructional time. As a result of this decrease in school time, we will be at a disadvantage when applying for colleges against other schools, like Stevenson and New Trier.