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As upperclassmen and students at Stanford OHS, we believe that this year's curfew (and lights out) policy fails to recognise our maturity and responsibility as rising juniors and seniors at a challenging school that requires a level of autonomy not needed by many other teenagers. Despite the fact that we have shown ourselves to be responsible and dedicated students, and are now beginning to face adulthood and the decisions that come with it, our curfew has been moved back from previous years-- and is now only a half hour later than that of the middle schoolers. In addition, our lights out policy places limits on one of the most important purposes of the summer: socialization. As OHSers, we are all separated the vast majority of the year, and these two weeks are the time when many of us get to see each other-- reaffirming old friendships while forming new ones. The early lights out policy not only neglects to acknowledge our maturity andresponsibility as our curfew does, but also limits a vital part of our time together and curbs the amount of time spent bonding with our current-- and future-- classmates. Therefore, we move to push both the upperclassmen curfew and lights out back an hour.
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SERIOUSLY. Need at least another hour. We aren't kids anymore.
Are we middle schoolers? because thats how it feels. let us stay up and talk to our friends. we are old enough to manage our own sleep schedules.
Dear Summer Program Students, We thank you for sending us the petition regarding curfew and lights out times. We always welcome and value student input into our policies and programs. We do recognize that spending time with friends is an extremely important part of Summer Program and also appreciate the maturity and responsibility of OHS students, which we see daily. Before responding to your request, we want to tell you a bit more about the considerations behind curfew and lights out times in the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Programs (as our times are the the same as the other Summer Institute program, involving 1300 students throughout the summer). The times are developed taking into account the needs/desires of both the staff and the students. Our residential staff are responsible for over one hundred students throughout the day. Each night, the staff must meet to coordinate the next day in order to maintain student safety. The staff cannot meet (and be off-duty) until after lights out. So the length of the student day also affects the length of the staff day. Another factor we want to bring up is the age range of our students. As you know, at the OHS, students are placed in a grade by ability, not age. This means that we have younger students in some of the older grades. Also, because of the space configuration of assigned dorms, we cannot split dorms so that only older students are in one dorm. For these reason and to maintain equity, we cannot have different curfews for the different grade levels in the high school program. This does mean that some older students may be in bed earlier than they would like, but there are also students who need to be in bed earlier. We try to split the difference while also keeping our early mornings, long busy days, and staff needs in mind. The lights out time on the schedule for this year is the same as last year (11pm). The curfew is a half hour earlier; it was 10pm last year and is 9:30 pm this ye
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As upperclassmen and students at Stanford OHS, we believe that this year's curfew (and lights out) policy fails to recognise our maturity and responsibility as rising juniors and seniors at a challenging school that requires a level of autonomy not needed by many other teenagers. Despite the fact that we have shown ourselves to be responsible and dedicated students, and are now beginning to face adulthood and the decisions that come with it, our curfew has been moved back from previous years-- and is now only a half hour later than that of the middle schoolers. In addition, our lights out policy places limits on one of the most important purposes of the summer: socialization. As OHSers, we are all separated the vast majority of the year, and these two weeks are the time when many of us get to see each other-- reaffirming old friendships while forming new ones. The early lights out policy not only neglects to acknowledge our maturity andresponsibility as our curfew does, but also limits a vital part of our time together and curbs the amount of time spent bonding with our current-- and future-- classmates. Therefore, we move to push both the upperclassmen curfew and lights out back an hour.
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The lights out policy is ridiculous. We only have two weeks together all year. Just let us hang out!
SERIOUSLY. Need at least another hour. We aren't kids anymore.
Are we middle schoolers? because thats how it feels. let us stay up and talk to our friends. we are old enough to manage our own sleep schedules.
Dear Summer Program Students, We thank you for sending us the petition regarding curfew and lights out times. We always welcome and value student input into our policies and programs. We do recognize that spending time with friends is an extremely important part of Summer Program and also appreciate the maturity and responsibility of OHS students, which we see daily. Before responding to your request, we want to tell you a bit more about the considerations behind curfew and lights out times in the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Programs (as our times are the the same as the other Summer Institute program, involving 1300 students throughout the summer). The times are developed taking into account the needs/desires of both the staff and the students. Our residential staff are responsible for over one hundred students throughout the day. Each night, the staff must meet to coordinate the next day in order to maintain student safety. The staff cannot meet (and be off-duty) until after lights out. So the length of the student day also affects the length of the staff day. Another factor we want to bring up is the age range of our students. As you know, at the OHS, students are placed in a grade by ability, not age. This means that we have younger students in some of the older grades. Also, because of the space configuration of assigned dorms, we cannot split dorms so that only older students are in one dorm. For these reason and to maintain equity, we cannot have different curfews for the different grade levels in the high school program. This does mean that some older students may be in bed earlier than they would like, but there are also students who need to be in bed earlier. We try to split the difference while also keeping our early mornings, long busy days, and staff needs in mind. The lights out time on the schedule for this year is the same as last year (11pm). The curfew is a half hour earlier; it was 10pm last year and is 9:30 pm this ye
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The lights out policy is ridiculous. We only have two weeks together all year. Just let us hang out!