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So then you're back to square one right? Where (apparently) the preference was given to DST (with its downsides), above sub-optimal schedules. (Edit: Combining

• ghaff 6y ago
  My preference is definitely to slant towards evening sunlight, so DST year round. (I actually live somewhere that should really be in the next timezone east anyway.) Though I'm at least somewhat sympathetic to people who don't want kids to be waiting for school buses or otherwise heading to school in pitch darkness in the winter.
  • mindslight 6y ago
    > I'm at least somewhat sympathetic to people who don't want kids to be waiting for school buses or otherwise heading to school in pitch darkness in the winter. That's another problem that needs to be fixed on its own, by moving the school schedules back an hour or two and making older grades start later instead of earlier. There has been enough research showing that the current schedule is horrible for learning.