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Kids going to school in the dark seems better than kids losing their afternoons to the dark. At least schools are well-lit and warmish and someone's checking that they got there (most get there in a vehicle anyway).
Speak for yourself. Plenty here walk or ride bikes and it's painfully dark in the mornings before the time switch. We already had one or two killed over the past couple years during dark mornings.
I agree we could shift school times, etc etc but we all know that won't happen because businesses won't agree to shift time to accommodate.
As a parent I'd much rather kids get there safely than gain an hour of daylight in the evening.
It's still painfully dark in the mornings a few weeks after the time switch so it doesn't matter much. The time switch however ensures that kids don't see daylight after school either. So now they're going home in the dark too.
abolish schools
How do they get home? When my kids were in school, after-school sports practice or theater rehearsal often ran until well after dark. Maybe it depends where in the time zone you fall.
Although with the terrible traffic and the car-centric roads between our apartment and the schools you'd risk your life riding a bike even in broad daylight.
Parents usually get them after work. I agree if they were on their own well after dark it'd be tricky in the evening too.
And preach- we're slowly getting better but even in the city itself it's still far too auto oriented.