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Did schools really start later post-pandemic? Your entire first paragraph confuses me because I'm not aware of any shift in school start times.
by HWR_14 3y ago
Did schools really start later post-pandemic? Your entire first paragraph confuses me because I'm not aware of any shift in school start times.
- alephnerd 3y agoI'm speaking only about California and specifically, the school district my mom works for. As of 2022, Middle schools can start at 8am at the earliest, and number of school districts transitioned to a 8.30-9am start time. Some affluent school districts already did this transition in the late 2000s and early 2010s. The US has roughy 13k school districts. Each one has it's own different sets of rules, regulations, and local political culture, and aside from limited State and Federal DoE regulation, implement their policies based on local political constraints due to the School Board and PTA. Some School Boards and PTAs are apolitical in nature. Others are hyper-political and used as a stepping stone to enter local and state level politics (eg. Mayor, City Council, State Assembly, Congress) as donors won't donate without a proven electoral track record. Most younger (< 60yrs) Congressmembers started their political careers this way.