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Old 04-08-2005, 10:09 AM
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Originally posted by lifesaver
The other thing people are forgetting is that the summer days are much longer than the winter days. So even if DST is extended through the end of November, the sun would set at 6:30 instead of 5:30. Still early enough to get the kiddos to bed at a respectable hour.
Yes, but it's the morning -- when we're trying to get kids out of bed and ready/off to school -- that would be the problem. And I would submit that it would not just be inconvenient for parents; it's just plain dangerous for kids to be boarding school buses in the dark.
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