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Re:What happened when Boston Public Schools tried for equity... by arbitrage on Monday September 24, 2018 @02:03PM (#18059848)
FTFA:

> District officials [...] released the new school schedule on a Thursday night in December, with plans to implement in the fall of 2018.

That's more than six months. That's not really 'no lead time'.

It's also the first line in the article. Like, it's right there, at the top.

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Re:What happened when Boston Public Schools tried for equity... by johnkpaul on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:08PM (#18060456)
Sure, but 6 months is nothing. I'm talking about years. If parents knew that in 5 years the times would change, they could adjust their work schedules over that timeperiod. Especially if everyone in the whole district knew, even the childless.
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Re:What happened when Boston Public Schools tried for equity... by oh_sigh on Monday September 24, 2018 @04:06PM (#18060954)
There is still a single point where you have to go from, say, starting work at 9am vs starting work at 7am. And a lot of jobs do not provide this flexibility at all.
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