I seriously don't understand why schools don't simply swap elementary and high school schedules.
When I grew up, and what seems to still be the common pattern, is that the buses go out first for high schoolers to start school early, then do a second route to pick up the elementary schoolers who start school later.
Can't we just swap those?
Elementary school kids wake up earlier naturally, and this helps the parents who need to get their young kids off in order to get to work. While high schoolers are perfectly capable of waking up and catching the bus on their own, even if their parent left for work two hours ago.
It seems like it's better for parents' logistics. Am I missing something here?
When I grew up, and what seems to still be the common pattern, is that the buses go out first for high schoolers to start school early, then do a second route to pick up the elementary schoolers who start school later.
Can't we just swap those?
Elementary school kids wake up earlier naturally, and this helps the parents who need to get their young kids off in order to get to work. While high schoolers are perfectly capable of waking up and catching the bus on their own, even if their parent left for work two hours ago.
It seems like it's better for parents' logistics. Am I missing something here?