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If the early start times and loss of a bus pass tip the decisions of only 1% of high school students toward attending a charter school, the savings from this change will pretty much be wiped out. That and effects on test scores make it likely that this is a change that will not last.
There needs to more discussion of the impact to kids who have gotten PAT passes which allowed them to participate in afterschool sports. Might some kids have to back out of playing because they can't afford the transportation home if no activity bus is provided?
Also are we again putting a large number of teens downtown at 2:20 in the afternoon? This was an issue before, and then some schools staggered their times. And is the real reason because there was no way to have professional development with so many schools getting out at 3:51? (Obviously paying subs etc wont work in this economic climate.
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If the early start times and loss of a bus pass tip the decisions of only 1% of high school students toward attending a charter school, the savings from this change will pretty much be wiped out. That and effects on test scores make it likely that this is a change that will not last.
What effects do you think this will have on test scores and why?
Virtually every study done shows that test scores of high school students improved when start times were delayed.
Can you provide the names of several of the studies that show this?
Here is an op ed from the NYT that cites results from a number of different districts around the country:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/opinion/14kalish.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
This link references many studies:
http://schoolstarttime.org/early-school-start-times/academic-performance/
There needs to more discussion of the impact to kids who have gotten PAT passes which allowed them to participate in afterschool sports. Might some kids have to back out of playing because they can't afford the transportation home if no activity bus is provided?
Also are we again putting a large number of teens downtown at 2:20 in the afternoon? This was an issue before, and then some schools staggered their times.
And is the real reason because there was no way to have professional development with so many schools getting out at 3:51?
(Obviously paying subs etc wont work in this economic climate.
No more extended day at ALA's. What is left of ALA's anyway?
http://php.pghboe.net/news/index.php/2012/04/09/efficiencies-gained-through-new-transportation-delivery-model-to-save-district-1-2-million/#more-8475
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