So, I’m reading the website for one of our local news stations.. and I come across this article about one of the school districts adjusting start times to try and better match when the kids will actually be awake.. this on its own, is good.. and not at all why I’m blogging about it…it also mentions in the article, how some students are against the idea.. like this guy:

I really don’t care what the studies say,” says 6th Grader Lucas Fireman. Some students are organizing a resistance against the plan for several reasons. One of them is it may create daycare problems, especially for adolescents who baby-sit younger siblings. “I have carpools I have to go pick up. I have young kids in other schools, I have to pick them up,” says Fireman.

Yes.. apparently, the later start (and coinciding stop) time of school will be preventing this 6th grader from Driving car-pools, and picking up his younger kids from their schools..

Is it any wonder I don’t actually try and get information from our local news?