> It starts this early so parents can get their kids to school and start working afterwards, without getting fired.
Numerous teachers in my school told me the real reason school doesn't start later is because of... wait for it: Sports.
Sports games/teams often finish practice/games as late as 6-8pm, especially after traveling for a game - and that's with a district whose high school started at 7:40am and middle school at 8am.
Is it too much for schools to actually prioritize academics over sports? Colleges are the same way.
Sports could happen in the morning if school started later, they tend to be more free daycare than the root cause here. Sports have become a priority in schools, which will cause teachers to become resentful and blame them for everything.
I doubt it. You figure an hour to gather and travel to a game location, 2 hours for the game, an hour to return... schools would have to start at noon.
And can you blame them? Why are sports being prioritized by institutions whose existential purpose has nothing to do with athletics?
>I doubt it. You figure an hour to gather and travel to a game location, 2 hours for the game, an hour to return... schools would have to start at noon.
If you guess it would take five hours, they could gather at 5 AM and school starts at 10.
>And can you blame them?
No. Doesn't change that they would be unfairly blaming this particular issue on sports.
Numerous teachers in my school told me the real reason school doesn't start later is because of... wait for it: Sports.
Sports games/teams often finish practice/games as late as 6-8pm, especially after traveling for a game - and that's with a district whose high school started at 7:40am and middle school at 8am.
Is it too much for schools to actually prioritize academics over sports? Colleges are the same way.