This was also a thing in Ireland. The school building opened at 7:30am, but it was basically just the principal and janitor in that early. As one of the kids ge

This was also a thing in Ireland. The school building opened at 7:30am, but it was basically just the principal and janitor in that early. As one of the kids getting dropped off relatively early (7:45am), I just did my homework in the school building until classes started at 9:15am, which meant my evenings were free. There was no need to force all the other students to start earlier too. (And I would then nap in first period as a result of getting up early, which teachers would take in different ways. Some just left me, some would try catch me out by asking questions, but since I had just done the homework an hour before and read ahead on the material, usually I could answer)