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> There's also the much-cited football problem: if high schools ended at a more reasonable hour like 3PM or 3:30PM, this causes problems for football coaches, who might see their after-school practices running to 6PM or something.

I checked my high school and others districts to confirm they operate on an 8 am - 3 pm schedule +/- 30 minutes. Is this uncommon?




Same over here in Aus, those are standard hours for most every school I've seen.


Little later in my experience (vic) 9am to 3:20


That's standard UK primary school (4-11yo) hours too.


And pretty much the same for secondary.

560 min or 650 min periods, 45 min lunch, 15 min morning break. 6 hour minimum day. Any extra time is padding for registration or longer breaks.




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