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Maybe sync school and work schedules? Why does this sound so crazy? It's hugely disruptive that these schedules are different.
A lot of GOP politicians are trying to get kids back to work and out of school, so I guess they're technically doing their part.
If they weren't so fucking ~~stupid~~ evil they could make a lot more money.
here they staggered all the school start times so parents with lots of kids can spend their entire day dropping off and picking up kids. we'd just have them walk or bike (and i'm fine biking there, there's a bike lane), but some idiot decided to build these schools on their own little complex a mile down the highway (speed limit: 65mph/105kph)
Because you can't sync all work schedules. It would create crazy traffic, even more than it is now.
That and a lot of jobs in the service sector would mean you can't go shopping after work, can't bring your car to the garage, or even get medical care at the hospital.
Schedules should be staggered instead.
You can't sync all work schedules but you can match the mode.
Not sure why you think taking kids to school separately and then driving to work is less traffic?
Jobs could still be open later but maybe those jobs would be less attractive to people with kids.
It wouldn't be a world halting event. It would just mean less traffic, less money spent on childcare, and less stress for families.
France does something somewhat close to this / at least makes an effort to minimize the wide gap between work and school start and end times.
Highschools get out first in a lot of the country to allow older students to go to afterschool jobs, participate in afterschool sports, or to be home when the younger kids return home. If every student and worker was on the same schedule you would have scenarios where sports wouldn’t get out until very late and younger kids could be at home alone.
around here highschool is shifted to later start and end and there isn't any chaos. but they also have access to transportation and parent can leave them homs alone legally.
the real issuse is k-5. my kids start at 730 and are done at 2. That means i have to leave work at 1. literally half a day of work and then i have to leave. i don't get paid enough to do child care so i have to work from home with kids and have a gap mid day due to commute.