This- Even if your work allows you to set your own schedule, there many other aspects of society that don't. Schools and daycares, in particular, can dictate the schedule of parents. If you can't start off to work because the bus/dropoff isn't till 830a it doesn't matter when your office lets you come in.

Even if there aren't external factors and there is theoretically flexibility around working hours cultural norms can make it difficult. My workgroup/division seems to have a strong norm about not scheduling meetings before 930a, but scheduling from 4-5p is normal.

If legislature can change the fricking clock they can decree working hours are shifted as a one-off.

Clocks don't fund elections.

How about putting the energy of fighting for DST into fighting for a better schedule instead?

One likely has a chance at actually happening. No way are teachers changing their schedule for other people.

> No way are teachers changing their schedule for other people.

Not even for the endless studies that show benefits from matching school start times to what's best for kids.

ref: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=study+school+start+times+sleep

I doubt they have the option really. It's a catch 22. Schools start early so people can go to work.

It turns out that schools can indeed move start times. All it takes is a bus driver shortage - and lots of hand-wringing.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2021/11/01/pasco-fre...

It's reasonable argument against late elementary start times but not later high school start times.

High school students are shown to have the greatest need of later sleep times while being the least in need of constant adult supervision.

Yet, they are forced up earliest.

Agreed!