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Monomoy Regional High School is located in Harwich, MA and is home to the sharks. We are a beautiful, brand new school full of great students, and even greater teachers. As of now, April 2016, the school day begins at 7:55 AM and ends at 2:30 PM.
Though, there is a new proposed time change for the start time of school. Now before you cheer about a later start time, the proposed is 8:55 AM, think about the impact. Coming in at a later time would mean getting out at a later time. We would be getting out of school at 3:30 which would affect us all poorly.
This petition, to be clear, is against the later start time that has been proposed. If you would like to have your say please sign this petition and attend the next school committee meeting where you can have the chance to speak if you so choose. The next meeting is to be held in the Monomoy Regional School District Library for April 27th, 2016 at 7 PM. By signing this petition there is no guarantee that we will get what we are aiming for but it will show Mr. Carpenter as well as the rest of the administration that the student body does care about what is going on. We encourage students to also let their parents know what is going on and have them come to the meeting as well. If you would like more information about this petition or why we are against the later start time please come see Grace Boyle, Emma Mawn, or Shauna Speakman.
Thank you so much for your consideration and please spread the word about what is going on!
Disclaimer:
This petition has been set up entirely up by Monomoy Regional High Students. Its contents and goal have had no influence from outside person(s) such as Monomoy parents, Monomoy School District teachers, or any other person(s) involved with the Monomoy School District Administration.
Please use your first and last name, we want to make sure you are a student. If you are not a 6-12 grade student at Monomoy Regional High School your vote will be removed. Vote only once, double votes will be removed. If your comment is derogatory or rude it will be removed.
ATTENTION PARENTS!
We have seen a few parents sign this, and do not worry if we have removed your name. If you signed and left a comment it has been saved. We are asking that only students sign this as we would like to see the student body's response to this opposed to the parents response. Thank you.
Updates
April 21, 2016
I have been hearing from so many of you about how a 3:30 finish would wreck your after school jobs and sports commitments. We are currently gathering all your individual stories to present to the administration so they understand this is not just about a clock change but about our entire schedules.
April 21, 2016
Seeing this level of support for our daily schedule is truly overwhelming and shows how much this change affects our lives at school. I never expected so many people to stand with me in protecting our afternoon hours.
Reached 100 supporters
April 21, 2016
24 Comments
Even though the preceding later start time seemed like it was going to benefit students, it's impacts were not noticed. Personally, it was more of a hinderance than a help. Getting out even later pushed all of my after school obligations later, which just lead to staying up even later to finish homework. The added sleep these delays are advertised with don't realistically exist for most involved students.
How would a later start time for school be helping the kids? I have to wake up every morning at 5:30am for my job . An early start time for school is just another lesson for these kids to teach responsibility and help prep them for the future
Sports and homework would be tougher with the new start and end times. Students would just end up having to stay up later after sports to do homework and would defeat the purpose of gaining an hour of sleep. Why try to fix something if it isn't broken?
I recently just got a probable after school job and 3:30 release would not allow me to do that. It may begin to affect students because with sports and jobs after school kids will be staying up later because there is not enough time at night. I'm glad they considered the hours of sleep we get but this is not the right solution. We can keep thinking about that. Please do not disrespect the staff in trying to keep the old time.
For the people that work at the Elementary School, they would be out of a job because the Elementary School would get out an hour earlier than we would. Also, some high school students need to get their younger siblings off the buses and take care of them until their parents get home.
I'm a year late whoops
I think this will cut our sleep, because we will have to stay up later to finish homework.
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Thank you to everyone who signed, the meeting has already occurred but if you would like to continue supporting this petition it would be encouraged.
Monomoy Regional High School is located in Harwich, MA and is home to the sharks. We are a beautiful, brand new school full of great students, and even greater teachers. As of now, April 2016, the school day begins at 7:55 AM and ends at 2:30 PM.
Though, there is a new proposed time change for the start time of school. Now before you cheer about a later start time, the proposed is 8:55 AM, think about the impact. Coming in at a later time would mean getting out at a later time. We would be getting out of school at 3:30 which would affect us all poorly.
This petition, to be clear, is against the later start time that has been proposed. If you would like to have your say please sign this petition and attend the next school committee meeting where you can have the chance to speak if you so choose. The next meeting is to be held in the Monomoy Regional School District Library for April 27th, 2016 at 7 PM. By signing this petition there is no guarantee that we will get what we are aiming for but it will show Mr. Carpenter as well as the rest of the administration that the student body does care about what is going on. We encourage students to also let their parents know what is going on and have them come to the meeting as well. If you would like more information about this petition or why we are against the later start time please come see Grace Boyle, Emma Mawn, or Shauna Speakman.
Thank you so much for your consideration and please spread the word about what is going on!
Disclaimer:
This petition has been set up entirely up by Monomoy Regional High Students. Its contents and goal have had no influence from outside person(s) such as Monomoy parents, Monomoy School District teachers, or any other person(s) involved with the Monomoy School District Administration.
Please use your first and last name, we want to make sure you are a student. If you are not a 6-12 grade student at Monomoy Regional High School your vote will be removed. Vote only once, double votes will be removed. If your comment is derogatory or rude it will be removed.
ATTENTION PARENTS!
We have seen a few parents sign this, and do not worry if we have removed your name. If you signed and left a comment it has been saved. We are asking that only students sign this as we would like to see the student body's response to this opposed to the parents response. Thank you.
Updates
April 21, 2016
I have been hearing from so many of you about how a 3:30 finish would wreck your after school jobs and sports commitments. We are currently gathering all your individual stories to present to the administration so they understand this is not just about a clock change but about our entire schedules.
April 21, 2016
Seeing this level of support for our daily schedule is truly overwhelming and shows how much this change affects our lives at school. I never expected so many people to stand with me in protecting our afternoon hours.
Reached 100 supporters
April 21, 2016
24 Comments
Changing the start time of school would be difficult for the people like me who school choice to Monomoy District; especially when parents have to go to work early in the morning.
Even though the preceding later start time seemed like it was going to benefit students, it's impacts were not noticed. Personally, it was more of a hinderance than a help. Getting out even later pushed all of my after school obligations later, which just lead to staying up even later to finish homework. The added sleep these delays are advertised with don't realistically exist for most involved students.
How would a later start time for school be helping the kids? I have to wake up every morning at 5:30am for my job . An early start time for school is just another lesson for these kids to teach responsibility and help prep them for the future
Sports and homework would be tougher with the new start and end times. Students would just end up having to stay up later after sports to do homework and would defeat the purpose of gaining an hour of sleep. Why try to fix something if it isn't broken?
I recently just got a probable after school job and 3:30 release would not allow me to do that. It may begin to affect students because with sports and jobs after school kids will be staying up later because there is not enough time at night. I'm glad they considered the hours of sleep we get but this is not the right solution. We can keep thinking about that. Please do not disrespect the staff in trying to keep the old time.
For the people that work at the Elementary School, they would be out of a job because the Elementary School would get out an hour earlier than we would. Also, some high school students need to get their younger siblings off the buses and take care of them until their parents get home.
I'm a year late whoops
I think this will cut our sleep, because we will have to stay up later to finish homework.
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Changing the start time of school would be difficult for the people like me who school choice to Monomoy District; especially when parents have to go to work early in the morning.