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[–] givesomefucks 2 points 4 months ago

This seems to be talking about high school though

In rural areas it's all one bus system.

If a 12th grader rides the bus, and so does his neighbor in 1st grade, they get on the same bus.

So schools start and end at the same time. That's not even addressing how many families "the big ones watching the little one" where a young child's after school childcare is their older siblings.

Having them on different schedules would cause a lot of issues.

Here in texassss, first class time would be irrelevant as anything related to sports or music is gonna start at six in the morning and it isn’t considered a class.

I mean, if I was in Texas I'd rather have practice at 6am than 4pm... I grew up way further north and during the summer I was in the fields on a farm at like 5am and happy about it, because it meant we were done when it reached peak heat instead of spending it working.

Heat stroke is a real thing and 4pm is the hottest part of the day.

But early morning practice would wake the kids up and mitigate the effects of early classes. Moving traditionally after school programs to the morning is part of the solution.