In my hometown there was only 2 schools(elementary and highschool). In a village 15minutes to the east they came to our school in grade 8 & 9 for home-ec, then full time for 10-12. When I was in Grade 11 or 12 they changed the school hours.
We now started at 9:05, got out for lunch at 12:10, back at 1 and out at 3:10. Before that we started at 8:55, got out at 11:50, back at 1, out at 3:25. Both times the elementary schools were picked up before the high school kids.
The reason they changed it was because the parents complained. Past the village was hamlet about 10minutes away with people who lived further away. Kids were getting on the but at 6am to ride to the village school, then they were taken by the 1 bus from there with all the village kids to our school getting there 5 minutes before the bell rang. After school they were getting home around 6pm. They've just recently closed the village school so now the kids come to town with their parents who work in my town.
In the city I live in now there are 12 public schools. IF you choose to not go to the school in your area and you live in town, you are responsible for getting your child to the school you choose. The busses will not pick them up, the exception is the catholic system but they have 3 schools so it isn't a big deal. The out of town busses all go to the same school. These busses take the kids from the elementary school to the junior and high schools.
The school times are not staggered except the junior & high to give time for the busses to get to the elementary schools to pick those kids up after.
There are strict times when the busses are at the schools, but the schools all start within 5-10minutes of each other.
The point is, you can get it changed you just need to have enough parents complaining, talk to the principle of the schools and get them involved with the school board to change it and have some sort of solution that will work for the schools/busses.
If the schools are starting that early then the bus systems/schedules need to change to a more optimized system. It does kids no good to have to get up so early.
We now started at 9:05, got out for lunch at 12:10, back at 1 and out at 3:10. Before that we started at 8:55, got out at 11:50, back at 1, out at 3:25. Both times the elementary schools were picked up before the high school kids.
The reason they changed it was because the parents complained. Past the village was hamlet about 10minutes away with people who lived further away. Kids were getting on the but at 6am to ride to the village school, then they were taken by the 1 bus from there with all the village kids to our school getting there 5 minutes before the bell rang. After school they were getting home around 6pm. They've just recently closed the village school so now the kids come to town with their parents who work in my town.
In the city I live in now there are 12 public schools. IF you choose to not go to the school in your area and you live in town, you are responsible for getting your child to the school you choose. The busses will not pick them up, the exception is the catholic system but they have 3 schools so it isn't a big deal. The out of town busses all go to the same school. These busses take the kids from the elementary school to the junior and high schools.
The school times are not staggered except the junior & high to give time for the busses to get to the elementary schools to pick those kids up after.
There are strict times when the busses are at the schools, but the schools all start within 5-10minutes of each other.
The point is, you can get it changed you just need to have enough parents complaining, talk to the principle of the schools and get them involved with the school board to change it and have some sort of solution that will work for the schools/busses.
If the schools are starting that early then the bus systems/schedules need to change to a more optimized system. It does kids no good to have to get up so early.
