Edmonds parents speak out against earlier start times for elementary schoolers

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EVERETT — Edmonds School District parents have raised concerns about start time changes for next school year that will impact most of the district’s elementary schools.

Twelve of the district’s 20 elementary schools will move from an 8:45 a.m. start time to 7:20 a.m. Dismissal times will change from 3:15 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. The district announced the change June 2.

At a school board meeting Tuesday, parents said they worried the new start times would impact students’ sleep and make after-school child care more expensive.

Two years ago, a district task force began looking at start time changes — specifically moving high school start times later. The high schools currently start at 7:20 a.m. and would move to 8:05 a.m. under the new model. Multiple scientific studies have shown that early start times for adolescents can negatively impact health and well-being. In 2018, researchers at the University of Washington found that moving start times in Seattle high schools from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. resulted in more sleep, higher grades and less tardiness and absences for students.

https://www.heraldnet.com/2026/06/12/edmonds-parents-speak-out-against-earlier-start-times-for-elementary-schoolers/

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1. WHY ?? They did this in FL so high-schoolers could work afternoon jobs, and benefit the tourist industry.

How in the Hell is this a benefit to elementary school students -- OR THEIR PARENTS, who have to show up earlier to drop them off ??

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2. Sounds like a Republican clusterfuck

when a family has kids at multiple grades and start times/dismissal times.
Also, how does anybody work a job with those times staggered out like that?