S/O bedtimes, school start times

[sandj82110]

What time will school start for your kid(s). We recently discovered that Daniel will catch the bus at 6:40am, school will start at 7:40,  he will be dropped off about 7:15 to play outside until the bell. 

Gorwing up and where here we lived in Canada the older kids always started earlier and the younger kids later. If in Ontario Daniel would start school at 9:10. I can see the benefit of having the younger kids start earlier though, they're often more alert earlier in the day and it will allow most working parents to get this kid on the bus and only pay for aftercare. 

[chirpchirp]

That sounds so early!

W will start at 8:30 next year. We have not heard what time bus pickup will be yet, but if I drove her, we would leave the house around 8:10.

[muppetinma]

Andrew's school starts at 8:00. Our mornings tend to be a well-oiled machine. He comes out of his room at 7:10, already dressed. He has a quick breakfast, brushes teeth, and we fix his hair. We're out the door by 7:25. Usually he's at school by 7:40.

[laurack]

It starts at 755am here which from a school kid perspective is so early but from my perspective is too late since if I have to do drop off it will mean I miss my regular train and the next one after that ...

I think when I was a kid it was always 9am for school which is good for kids but bad for working parents ..

[lauranicole91]

Peyton school day will be 7:45-2:25. I'm not 100% sure what time the bus will get her, but there is a bus that comes at 6:50am that picks up a neighbor boy who is in kindergarten. So that's possibly he bus she would catch.
I'm still not sure how we arrange new bedtimes and Logan's naps around pick up and drop off. Right now they wake up at 7/7:30, nap 3-5, and go to bed at 8. We're going to stop letting Peyton nap come summer and instead try an earlier bedtime. But then Logan will want to go to bed too and then wake up extremely early because he will still be napping. Ugh. It's a headache whenever I think about it.
Anywho, I was talking with a mom in the next district over and she said her daughter school serves breakfast to bus riders for $1 a day. Peyton eats so slow, I think it'd be best for her to eat at school vs at home and trying to rush out the door. Hopefully our school does something similar.

[fusion]

I think it will start around 8, and I will have to be there 30 minutes earlier as an employee. School is 25 minute drive, so we'll leave the house around 7. They are slated right now to go until 4 on every day except Wednesday, which will be early release/staff development from 2-4. Staff children have covered childcare for afterschool on Wednesdays.

[dbe100408]

School starts at 7:50 here.

[unclejesse]

Prek starts at 9 here. I have no idea what time school will start next year. Mother of the day!

[lauranicole91]

Apr 23, 2017 21:28:40 GMT -5 unclejesse said:

Prek starts at 9 here. I have no idea what time school will start next year. Mother of the day!

I just went to her school website and pulled up the handbook. Haha. 😉

[teamhayes]

Kindergarten starts at 8:40 but drop off line is 8:20
Ms school isn't til 9:15 so there will be an annoying wait

[PatBenatar]

Her bus comes at 840 for school at 9. We try to have her in bed between 8:30-9 and I wake her up no later than 8 to get ready

It helps that she gets breakfast at school

I think Kindergarten starts a 8:50 so we should be on a similar schedule for next year

[Deleted]

8:05 here. We're about a 3 minute walk away so it won't be too early if a morning.

I'm used to 8-9am starts for elementary school. I started at 8:40 growing up.

[abbypug19]

Kindergarten starts at 8:55 here, not sure what time the bus will pick her up yet. I'm super excited for the bus after hauling 3 kids to drop her off at pre-k all year!

[CrazyLucky]

School starts at 8 here. You can't drop them off until 7:35, and my commute is 45 minutes, so my kids go to before and after school care. The bus comes at 7:40 and drops them off after school at 3.

[silverjm]

Preschool starts at 8:45 right now. Next year school will start at 8:49 for him. I think H wants to drop him off in the mornings.

[ktstorm]

School starts at 8:50. If he takes the bus, he'll probably be picked up between 7:45/8:00 - they haven't sent out the schedule yet. He's on the same schedule this year, but I have to stop him off because there's no transportation for Pre-K. The nice thing that our zoned school is much closer (5 minutes) than the one he's attending prek for (20 minutes).

[sunflowers7]

B has to be at school by 8:0 so he's usually up by 6/630.  Days he doesn't nap he's in bed by 630 or as soon as we start driving.  We try to start the bedtime by 7 on days they nap and lights out by 8:00.   With our new routine it's been hard and just surviving. 

[redmonkeystomper]

Ruby will start school at 8:25. She will catch the bus from my school (3rd-5th)to her school (k-2nd) at 7:30 and arrive at school around 8. So we will have to leave home at 6:40, drop baby off at my Mil then head to my school. Unless I can convince my mil to pick up the baby then we can leave at 7.

[onehitwonder]

School starts at 8 so we usually leave home about 8:35 (it's very close). Dismissal is at 3:30 unless they are enrolled in an enrichment or sport that could end anywhere from 4-4:30. Ideally, I would prefer him to be asleep closer to 8, but I can live with our current schedule.

[jg183]

School here is 8-235 so we will need before and after school care.

[Deleted]

Preschool is 930 but I can drop off at 830

Next year is 8 and I'm dreading it!

[thedahliharpa]

Tardy bell rings at 8:15. We have to leave no later than 7:45.
It was a crappy adjustment for H and will be for D and worse for us, lol. Right now, we get D to school at 9.

[imimahoney]

School begins at 8:20 but my H will drop off around 7:45. Ari will go to before care for the time gap. The day goes until 2:45.

It will hopefully keep my H on time, he had a tendency to run very behind in the morning.

[bebeetmoi]

Circle time is at 8:30, and I have her there by 8am to get adjusted.

[monarobinson]

School starts at 9. Bus picks up at 8:27. Are any other kids going to ride a bus? K is super excited to ride it with her big brother and all the neighborhood kids. We live just a couple miles from school and the bus ride is short. It's nice to not have to load up all 3 kids to do school drop off!

[TrudyCampbell]

Right bow V gets picked up around 7:25 and her school begins at 8. Next year I'm honestly not sure what time they start, but it's going to be a long bus trip to the upper west side so she will prob get picked up around the same as now or earlier.

[TrudyCampbell]

Apr 24, 2017 5:36:12 GMT -5 monarobinson said:

School starts at 9. Bus picks up at 8:27. Are any other kids going to ride a bus? K is super excited to ride it with her big brother and all the neighborhood kids. We live just a couple miles from school and the bus ride is short. It's nice to not have to load up all 3 kids to do school drop off!

V will and she does now already, it's the best!!!

[kkfeb04]

School starts at 8:35-3:35. Kalvin's bus comes at 8:05, drops him off at 3:55 only because they lost a few kids and he's on a minibus because he's not at our home school. It used to be 7:45 and 4:15. On daycare days, he's dropped off at 7:30 and I pick up at 4:20. She will ride a minibus to our home school I gather it will probably be between 8:05-8:20 pick up.

Our bedtime is 8:30 unless it is a therapy night (for which we won't get home until 8 starting next week, currently it is 7), goal is bed by 9. We wake right about now.

[monarobinson]

Apr 24, 2017 5:59:50 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

Apr 24, 2017 5:36:12 GMT -5 monarobinson said:

School starts at 9. Bus picks up at 8:27. Are any other kids going to ride a bus? K is super excited to ride it with her big brother and all the neighborhood kids. We live just a couple miles from school and the bus ride is short. It's nice to not have to load up all 3 kids to do school drop off!

V will and she does now already, it's the best!!!

Right? I'm a huge fan of the bus!!

[laurack]

Matilda is super bummed she's not going to be taking a bus

It may sound bad but a long bus ride actually sounds like it would really help us out with scheduling lol. because then she'd be picked up earlier so we could drop William at daycare and get to work ... but we live too close to school to get the bus. The two years of double drop off pick up is going to be annoying

I'm a bit worried because my H is out of town the first week of her school, I'll have to be super late to work every day and still leave at the regular time