U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving time permanent

Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by guyzero on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:07PM (#26416268)

American high schools have to be out around 3 PM to allow for enough time for sports teams to practice. Other schools end up synchronizing to this schedule. A non-trivial reason is that high school teachers with young children need to have them synced with their own work schedules and teachers have some level of control over how school days are scheduled.

Anyway, like everything in the US, blame the obsession with high school athletics.

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Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by pbronez on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:54PM (#26416783)

I have no great love for high school sports, but at least it's a mechanism to get kids moving. Given the obesity epidemic, a solid physical education option seems useful. Definitely has grown into something way beyond that though.

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Re:U.S. senators reintroduce bill to make daylight saving ti... by marshray on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @04:57PM (#26416834)

PE class is one thing, building the whole school schedule around the football team's needs is another.

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