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Here's the trouble.. School start times for Elementary, Middle and High School need to be staggered. Otherwise they'd need a lot more buses. But if you put gra

Here's the trouble.. School start times for Elementary, Middle and High School need to be staggered. Otherwise they'd need a lot more buses. But if you put grade school kids at the earlier start time, you'll have little kids that take the bus standing outside in the dark. That is not good. In some communities with a bus mass transit service you can start HS at the same time as grade school by putting the HS kids on the transit buses. That works--the buses aren't as regulated, but it works. But school districts where this is possible are probably just a fraction.

idoh 17y ago
In San Francisco Unified there isn't a high school bus system, and the classes still start at 7:30 AM. It has more to do with hidebound teachers and admins.
- encoderer 17y ago
  Of course, not having a high school bus system doesn't defacto mean you'll start class late. But bussing high school kids means you can't, unless you want to...(see my OP)
pbhjpbhj 17y ago
>"you'll have little kids that take the bus standing outside in the dark" And? Why can't they stand in the dark - if it's a big problem for the parents they could walk them to the bus stop.