<p>My kids' morning bell rings at 7:35 (public high school in NJ). Given the preponderance of research showing that teens who start school later experience fewer car crashes, perform better on tests, and generally feel better and healthier, I'm curious to know: What time does your kid have to be in school? I just want some answers for comparison purposes--no long discourses or rants necessary! :) Thanks!!!</p>
<p>My kids’ high school starts at 8:40 but if you play a sport or are in band you usually have practice before school, before it gets too hot, we are in TX. My kids are also out of district so they have 45-60 minute drive. They usually leave the house before 7:00 because they almost always have something going on before school and want to beet the traffic.</p>
<p>Our public high school starts at 7:45 am. There are some “zero hour” classes that start at 6:45 am, including my D’s AP Calculus BC class last year. My younger D goes to a charter school (includes grades 6-12). It starts at 8:05 am.</p>
<p>7:30 am public high school in MN. </p>
<p>Our public elementary school started at 7:40 AM. Our public middle and high school started at 8:00 AM.</p>
<p>7:45am</p>
<p>The movement to push back our high school’s early start time (7:45) was stopped by athletic events at the end of the day-the later the start, the more school that athletes would miss. I would love to know how academically challenging high schools with strong sports programs have reconciled that issue and managed a later start.</p>
<p>Public HS: 7:15am (!?)</p>
<p>Public high school: 9 am. Early morning extra curricular classes start at 7:30 usually. (School ends at 3:50)</p>
<p>Wow, some very different start times here. And when I said my kids’ bell rings at 7:35, I did not mention that there are many clubs that hold meetings at 7 am in deference to the kids who also want to play sports. There are days my daughter leaves the house at 6:50 am, which I think is inhumane.</p>
<p>Svm- our HS’ sport practices start at 4 pm. For meets/games, the kids just leave early. It’s a college prep high school, but it also quite small so they have a no-cut policy for sports. We usually take 2nd or 3rd in the league for most of our sports with a few first places. Not sure what you mean by “strong”.</p>
<p>Our high schools start class at 7:20—until this year, the start time was 7:05. Parents have been pushing for a later start time, but our district is resisting strongly.</p>
<p>School is 7:30 - 2. Sports begin at 3, allowing for ECs 2-3. </p>
<p>public high school/middle school: 7:15 am (Actually, I think the middle school starts at 7:10 and the high school at 7:20 since the bus stops at the middle school first.)</p>
<p>I think this is barbaric.</p>
<p>Bus routes for our local public high school start around 6:30.</p>
<p>Our middle and high school start at 7:45 am and elementary schools around 8:30 am.
I think it has to do with the fact that the same buses transport these kids and also the younger kids start later so less need for before-after school childcare for working parents.</p>
<p>My D’s prep school has first block at 9:00 but on some days (free periods) she may not have a scheduled class meeting until after lunch. She gets up every morning at 7:30 and is in the dining hall by 8:00 for a leisurely breakfast. So even though she doesn’t ever have anything scheduled before nine, she starts her day earlier. It was one of those quality of life issues that made her pick her school. </p>
<p>Our local high school starts at 8:00 and there’s never anything before school. </p>
<p>Our district shares buses with the grade school too, but it’s the grade schoolers that get to start earlier.</p>
<p>First bell rings at 7:05 but first period doesn’t start until 7:15. D leaves the house at 6:30am (it’s never light outside)</p>
<p>My high school started at 7:15. The school I teach at starts at 8:20 (and all of my kids complain about how early it is >:P )</p>