Kids often do not want to go to bed when they are supposed
to, and that often makes for a difficult morning time. Most of us are aware
that school kids should be getting a lot more sleep than they do.
My question is what time should school be starting? What is
the optimal time to balance the kids’ needs, the parents’ needs, and the
schools’ needs?
I recently read this article, and I thanked my lucky stars
we do not have to drive far to get to school:
“Hundreds of N.Y.C.
Schools Will Start the Day Earlier This Fall”
“Many
New York City students will be waking up for school a little earlier come
September, as hundreds of the city's schools adjust their start time.”
“The
changes in schools' start times stem from a requirement in the city's new
contract with the teachers' union to set
aside blocks of time for professional development and parent
engagement. The
contract extended the parameters for the teacher workday so that it now
ends by 4 p.m. at the latest on Mondays and Tuesdays (workdays will continue to
end no later than 3:45 p.m. the rest of the week), but many schools are also
tweaking their start time to accommodate the changes, according to the New York
City Department of Education.”
“One
Brooklyn parent, Dzianis Kapylou, found out that his 6-year-old daughter's
school, the Talented & Gifted School for Young Scholars in East Harlem,
moved its start time from 8:50 a.m. to 8:05 a.m. His daughter will now have to
wake up at 6 a.m. to make it to school on time, he
told the New York Daily News. He added that if he had known this
would be the start time, he would not have considered the school.”
“In
fact, Kapylou started a
Change.org petition to protest the change in schedule for the five
citywide gifted and talented schools, since families commute to those schools
from all over the city. So far, it's gathered more than 800 signatures.”
Read
the whole thing here: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/time_and_learning/2014/08/new_york_city_schools_early_start_time.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
What
are your thoughts on this subject?
Dr Flavius A B Akerele III
The ETeam
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