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The article doesn't support that, it doesn't make sense for a vast majority of school districts - especially inner city ones. Another commenter made more sense

• jedberg 9y ago
  College kids don't all start and end at the same time. At big football schools, they do in fact offer the courses that the majority of football players take early in the morning. But at least the rest of us could choose classes that started at 10am instead.
• ada1981 9y ago
  Oh, it's ridiculous, and a pretty well known reason for anyone who has studied US public education. Here is one such article: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/04/how-school-start-times-affect-high-school-athletics/522537/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/04/how-sc... You'll find case after case of local newspapers reporting on school board meetings where requests to move the start time were met with fierce opposition by athletic directors, etc. Both my parents were educators (my mom ran special education for a school district, my father ended his career as Dean of the School of Ed @ Edinboro) and for a time I ran the countries top education blog. All three of us encountered this obstacle to sensible school scheduling across a variety of different schools and districts. I'd say it's the leading obstacle that I've seen when you look at local district opposition.
  • ada1981 9y ago
    "High-school sports represent one of the most consistent roadblocks barring change." from Atlantic article.