"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 9/21/2014 2:15 AM, sf wrote:
>
>> I suspect to get kids to school in time for zero period, which is 7:30
>> AM here. That's worse than shift work.
>
> I went to a beautiful brand new high school which was already
> too small within a year. We went to high school in shifts.
> Naturally I got the early shift since I'm a slow waker-upper.
>
> I wound up with easy classes first thing, like gym and typing.
> Neither one of those was especially easy at 7:30am, either.
>
> But overcrowding is probably the cause of early classes, I'm
> sure the school would rather start at a more reasonable time
> of day.
>
> nancy

The last bell rings at 7:15am here. If they get there in time for breakfast,
they need to be there by 6:45am. I think it's ridiculous since there are no
shifts here.

Cheri