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hutch2522 t1_j8nb143 wrote

My wife's school district has already made the switch. It's happening. First start is elementary, then high school, then middle school. High school isn't started last as a compromise to get them out still early enough to have after school jobs. It's brutal on my wife (elementary principal) because she needs to be up at 5am to be in well before teachers and students, but it's still a much better approach.

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greenglasstree t1_j8u506i wrote

I don't think high schoolers should have after school jobs. Summer internships are good, but no minor should have to work during the school year.

It's not a coincidence that the demographic of kids in America who do the least house chores and have the lowest rate of working a paid part time job also have the highest graduation rate and highest rate of eventual university completion.

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