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Thank goodness. May this herald the beginning of an era of sensible public school policies. We don't need to be making the lives of teens harder than they alrea

• kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y ago
  My city did this last year. It...sort of worked. For the responsible kids who didn't have problems before, they continued to do well, perhaps even improving. Unfortunately, what we found was many kids, seeing that they got to "sleep in" every day, stayed up later, thus erasing the benefit. And there were knock-on effects - due to bussing needs, they changed the elementary schools to start earlier. This meant they got out earlier, which meant they got home earlier...but suddenly the HS students who were built-in babysitters were not there as they were still in school, so working parents had to pay for child care or rely on after-school programs that may not meet parents expectations. Also, teenagers who held after-school jobs, either to help the family or help themselves, found they not longer had the time to work, what with getting out later, homework, etc.