Aren’t school times early because jobs start early and parents want their kids in childcare at that time? If the parents didn’t want it this way, I don’t think the schools would do it.
Heck, we have summer vacations because school kids used to be needed on the farm and then because it was too expensive to air condition the schools.
In a “scientific” world, we’d reevaluate education and make changes all the time, but people are tied to their traditions and don’t want to think that the older folks had an inferior education.
I live in a rural area. If this had anything to do with farms we wouldn’t have summer vacation, we’d have fall vacation. Harvest time is far and away the busiest time on a farm
This seems to be talking about high school though. I don’t know that childcare issues apply at that point.
Here in texassss, first class time would be irrelevant as anything related to sports or music is gonna start at six in the morning and it isn’t considered a class.
If a 12th grader rides the bus, and so does his neighbor in 1st grade, they get on the same bus.
So schools start and end at the same time. That’s not even addressing how many families “the big ones watching the little one” where a young child’s after school childcare is their older siblings.
Having them on different schedules would cause a lot of issues.
Here in texassss, first class time would be irrelevant as anything related to sports or music is gonna start at six in the morning and it isn’t considered a class.
I mean, if I was in Texas I’d rather have practice at 6am than 4pm… I grew up way further north and during the summer I was in the fields on a farm at like 5am and happy about it, because it meant we were done when it reached peak heat instead of spending it working.
Heat stroke is a real thing and 4pm is the hottest part of the day.
But early morning practice would wake the kids up and mitigate the effects of early classes. Moving traditionally after school programs to the morning is part of the solution.
Aren’t school times early because jobs start early and parents want their kids in childcare at that time? If the parents didn’t want it this way, I don’t think the schools would do it.
Heck, we have summer vacations because school kids used to be needed on the farm and then because it was too expensive to air condition the schools.
In a “scientific” world, we’d reevaluate education and make changes all the time, but people are tied to their traditions and don’t want to think that the older folks had an inferior education.
I live in a rural area. If this had anything to do with farms we wouldn’t have summer vacation, we’d have fall vacation. Harvest time is far and away the busiest time on a farm
lol!
It’s funny because this is what I was told back in grade school, and never thought about it, even though I know that fall is harvest time.
This seems to be talking about high school though. I don’t know that childcare issues apply at that point.
Here in texassss, first class time would be irrelevant as anything related to sports or music is gonna start at six in the morning and it isn’t considered a class.
In rural areas it’s all one bus system.
If a 12th grader rides the bus, and so does his neighbor in 1st grade, they get on the same bus.
So schools start and end at the same time. That’s not even addressing how many families “the big ones watching the little one” where a young child’s after school childcare is their older siblings.
Having them on different schedules would cause a lot of issues.
I mean, if I was in Texas I’d rather have practice at 6am than 4pm… I grew up way further north and during the summer I was in the fields on a farm at like 5am and happy about it, because it meant we were done when it reached peak heat instead of spending it working.
Heat stroke is a real thing and 4pm is the hottest part of the day.
But early morning practice would wake the kids up and mitigate the effects of early classes. Moving traditionally after school programs to the morning is part of the solution.
School starts at 8:30am and ends at 2:30pm. Most people work 8am-5pm as a standard shift. These things do not coordinate well.