No to Proposed MCPS Bell Time Changes Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/no-to-proposed-mcps-bell-time-changes.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:02 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18449617?utm_medium=rss Why is there a need for change to start with? At the most we can change the start time by 10 or 15 minutes which will give good boost in the morning while not changing the end time drastically.

Any change beyond 15-20 minutes delay to all students is unacceptable and beyond comprehension why it will be done and also incure extra cost of adopting anything that costs extra.

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:07:12 UTC 18449617 MS. Petrina Hollingsworth [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17436619?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Jun 2014 12:16:00 UTC 17436619 Mrs Sara Lee [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17316120?utm_medium=rss I do NOT support extending the elementary school day at all. Our children do NOT benefit from more school. It would be a burden to have them wake up when it is dark outside if you make school start earlier, so I am against adding time on the front end or the back end of the day.

I want for my 3 children less time subject to the peer pressures of school and more time at home where we can strengthen family relationships and have more time instilling family values.

My daughter passed away two years ago, and one thing I know is that I want more TIME with my surviving children, because that is what is most important. I am against Starr's secret agenda to hush elementary school voices in order to lengthen the school days for selfish reasons, none of which benefit the children.

If you must change something, I would rather see the school day SHORTENED. We already have long school days and high test scores. Our kids need balanced lives and time to be kids.

]]> Sat, 17 May 2014 09:37:31 UTC 17316120 Chad Lee [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17314576?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 May 2014 09:56:43 UTC 17314576 Mrs Andrea Fribush [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17256328?utm_medium=rss As the mother of an MCPS elementary school teacher, the grandmother of a future student, as well as a former employee of MCPS, both at the e.s. and h.s. levels, I strongly oppose changing the bell times for h.s. students at the expense of lengthening the school day for e.s. teachers and students. My observation is that high school students tend to continue their established patterns, no matter what time they are expected to be at school. Younger children, as well as their teachers, need to have time after the school day to carry on with their lives!

]]> Wed, 7 May 2014 01:07:04 UTC 17256328 Marie Pressel [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17254210?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 May 2014 08:37:39 UTC 17254210 Anonymous [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17232619?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:21:56 UTC 17232619 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17221688?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:14:45 UTC 17221688 Christina Bradley [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17216489?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Apr 2014 05:19:18 UTC 17216489 Deb Stahl [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17213982?utm_medium=rss The current school day does not get my youngest elementary-aged child home until nearly 4PM. Given that in 3rd grade she regularly has OVER AN HOUR of homework DAILY, this leaves NO time for her to be a child. If the elementary day is extended next school year without more down time for students - specials 2x/week PLUS additional recess - it will make our decision to homeschool that much easier.

]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2014 02:53:03 UTC 17213982 Mr matthew Parker [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16963853?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Mar 2014 09:06:13 UTC 16963853 Ms Kathryn Parker [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16963851?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Mar 2014 09:05:32 UTC 16963851 Anonymous [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16963376?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 Mar 2014 06:11:56 UTC 16963376 Ms Marisol Ventura [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16954485?utm_medium=rss Fri, 7 Mar 2014 12:27:30 UTC 16954485 Anonymous [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16705254?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:55:33 UTC 16705254 Ms. Helen Hong-George [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16526376?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Jan 2014 01:03:27 UTC 16526376 Amy Aellen [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16441519?utm_medium=rss Although I do not have kids and this decision does not affect me as a parent, it does affect me as a professional who travels from Virginia each day to work and teach in the Montgomery County. Please consider the option to add 30 minutes to the instructional day without extending the school day beyond 3:30.

]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:51:21 UTC 16441519 Anonymous [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16441252?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Dec 2013 07:12:41 UTC 16441252 Ms Gayle Day [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16435057?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:14:44 UTC 16435057 Mrs. Heather Welter [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16422291?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Dec 2013 01:20:38 UTC 16422291 Ms. Allycia Joseph [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16420536?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:11:57 UTC 16420536 STD Brennan Guilds [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16398769?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Dec 2013 07:48:28 UTC 16398769 Miss Anonymous [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16394165?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:01:06 UTC 16394165 Wendy Reiter [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16392823?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:28:31 UTC 16392823 Anonymous [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16392218?utm_medium=rss I am an elementary teacher in MCPS and disagree with how this was presented to staff and to ALL of those this will effect.

]]> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:45:35 UTC 16392218 Linda Cassell [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16390786?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:59:43 UTC 16390786 Mr. Jeffrey Purgason [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16390755?utm_medium=rss I am a Physical Education Teacher working for MCPS. I am also a parent who lives in Frederick County at times more than an hour from my worksite. As a specialist, a later bell time would mean my duty post would be 30 min. later- making my potential commute later and longer. Very opposed to this change.

]]> Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:46:28 UTC 16390755 Mrs Judith Fernandez [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16390069?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:04:02 UTC 16390069 Mr. Nathan Snelson [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16380616?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Dec 2013 01:42:15 UTC 16380616 Kyle Whelan [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16366297?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Dec 2013 08:06:33 UTC 16366297 Mrs Patricia Markos [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16366159?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Dec 2013 07:15:49 UTC 16366159 Susan Phillips [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16366147?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Dec 2013 07:12:31 UTC 16366147 Charlotte Deibel [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16364630?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 10:54:54 UTC 16364630 Chris Higgins [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16364608?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 10:42:49 UTC 16364608 Anonymous [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16364254?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:40:11 UTC 16364254 lisa wang [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16364213?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:25:09 UTC 16364213 Mr Anonymous [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16364202?utm_medium=rss It is not beneficial to elementary students to extend the school day. They already have enough time in school as it is.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:21:34 UTC 16364202 Anonymous [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16364178?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:12:42 UTC 16364178 Anonymous [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16364151?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:03:03 UTC 16364151 Ms Rachael Bona Bonser [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16363812?utm_medium=rss Later start for High School is a smart and research-based decision. Later end times for elementary school students make it too hard for them to be involved in extra curricular actvitieis. Consider and earlier start time for elementary schools.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 06:26:18 UTC 16363812 Ms. Francesca Motayne [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16363119?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 03:41:50 UTC 16363119 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362957?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 03:02:07 UTC 16362957 Rebekah Bernstein [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362835?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 02:18:40 UTC 16362835 Ms. Kim Whitfield [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362826?utm_medium=rss The hours at my school are long hours for special need children anyway. If our children was to leave a 4.oo in the evenings that means that our children will be getting home much later than usual. These children are on meds and by the time they get on the bus it will be hard to transition them, because the meds are wearing off. Our school ends at 330, most of the students are boarding the bus at 345 so we are not leaving (staff) the school until 420 most days already. This is a long school day for speacial need children. Thank you

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 02:14:53 UTC 16362826 mr kevin murphy [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362736?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 01:43:43 UTC 16362736 Vicki Avissar [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362717?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 01:33:38 UTC 16362717 Mrs. Wendy Barrett [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362625?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 12:55:30 UTC 16362625 Anonymous [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362374?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:29:43 UTC 16362374 laura salteris [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362351?utm_medium=rss Special education students would be hugely effected by this change of school hrs because the students of Carl Sandburg Learning Center are late closing time, thus we have students who would not being getting home until 6pm. As well, it is very difficult for the special education students to maintain themselves past 3:30 and students who take medication would be effected due to the time allotted in medication schedule for school to give

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:17:50 UTC 16362351 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362350?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:17:42 UTC 16362350 Ms. Jennifer Green [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362299?utm_medium=rss It is just too long of a day for younger Elementary students.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:01:58 UTC 16362299 Dr Dominick Bellizzi [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362236?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 10:37:18 UTC 16362236 Mrs. Susan Dowling [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362217?utm_medium=rss This will highly impact dismissal of students at Carl Sandburg Learning Center and the time they get home which currently for many of them is between 4:30 and 5:30. It is not right to have students not get home until 6pm from school.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 10:29:27 UTC 16362217 Mrs. Leslie Rank [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362216?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 10:29:02 UTC 16362216 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362136?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:57:45 UTC 16362136 Nidia Tubiolo [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362112?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:45:15 UTC 16362112 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362086?utm_medium=rss I see no reason why you should keep my child later than 3:30. With bus times already extending many students' home arrival times to 4:00-4:15, it would be unacceptable for my young child to be getting home between 4:30-5:00. Absolutely unacceptable, and I am adamantly against any change that would make this so.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:37:45 UTC 16362086 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362074?utm_medium=rss Elementary schools should not be extended. I also think that middle school time should go unchanged.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:30:31 UTC 16362074 Mrs Mary Elisa Norment [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362029?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:11:08 UTC 16362029 Mrs Julie Ward [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362022?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:08:59 UTC 16362022 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16362013?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 09:06:57 UTC 16362013 Jennifer Bryan [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16361963?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:44:02 UTC 16361963 Miss Brooke O'Barr [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16361959?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:42:16 UTC 16361959 Mr. Jason Levy [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16361871?utm_medium=rss Please do not institute the ill-advised policy of extending the school day for elementary school children in Montgomery County, pending substantial and well-substantiated research evidencing that it will benefit the education of the many young people and families it will affect. Without offering any significant or apparent benefit to the education or welfare of our children, the policy would result in our children losing valuable time to complete their homework, be with their families, or engage in other interests if their own choosing. Thank you.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:22:11 UTC 16361871 Mrs. Rachel Ginsburg [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16361851?utm_medium=rss I am a teacher in a tier 2 MCPS Elementary School, a parent of a tier 2 ES student and a resident of MoCo. Please look at the impact on ES students not just HS students that would occur with this change.

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:16:51 UTC 16361851 Mrs. Dana Robbins [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16361686?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 07:26:01 UTC 16361686 Anonymous [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16361577?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Dec 2013 06:43:01 UTC 16361577 Sharon Kingsley [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16359618?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 09:44:43 UTC 16359618 Mrs. Julie Cerveny [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16359563?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 09:27:47 UTC 16359563 Karla Berg Walker [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16359421?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 08:54:02 UTC 16359421 Anonymous [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16359140?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 07:54:46 UTC 16359140 Anonymous [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16359134?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 07:52:50 UTC 16359134 Mrs. Lisa Baughman [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16358569?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 06:02:06 UTC 16358569 Mr Anonymous [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16357113?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 02:31:37 UTC 16357113 Andrea Littell [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16357043?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 02:11:12 UTC 16357043 Ms. Amy Hufnagel [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16357026?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 02:08:04 UTC 16357026 Mrs. Lauren Srour [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356940?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 01:42:09 UTC 16356940 Gail Markowitz [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356830?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 12:58:50 UTC 16356830 Anonymous [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356760?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 12:28:02 UTC 16356760 Ms. Elizabeth Bikakis [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356738?utm_medium=rss I do not believe that lengthening the school day for elementary students would be beneficial to them. The children are young and are already exhausted by the end of the day. Many have after school extra-curriculars and other activities, so lengthening the day would make it more difficult for them to do homework and also participate in other engaging interests outside of school.

]]> Thu, 5 Dec 2013 12:24:25 UTC 16356738 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356682?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 11:56:29 UTC 16356682 MS Debbie Blumenthal [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356649?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 11:43:09 UTC 16356649 Ms Lindsay Wilkes [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356636?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 11:37:39 UTC 16356636 Anonymous [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356627?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 11:32:16 UTC 16356627 Mrs Caroline Snelson [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356583?utm_medium=rss I think this issue is being made in haste and should require a referendum so it can be on the county ballot.

]]> Thu, 5 Dec 2013 11:13:24 UTC 16356583 Anonymous [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356579?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 11:11:30 UTC 16356579 Mr David Horvath [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356500?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:43:52 UTC 16356500 Mrs. Katie Wilberding [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356498?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:43:28 UTC 16356498 Mrs Caitlin Faunce [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356493?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:41:01 UTC 16356493 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356481?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:37:05 UTC 16356481 Joan O'Brien [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356480?utm_medium=rss No

]]> Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:36:54 UTC 16356480 Mr. Thomas Turi [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356475?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:34:23 UTC 16356475 Anonymous [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356466?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:32:15 UTC 16356466 Anonymous [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356451?utm_medium=rss I am a elementary teacher in MCPS and do not support extending the ES school day 30minutes

]]> Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:27:03 UTC 16356451 Ms Debra Epstein [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356423?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:20:00 UTC 16356423 Ms Michelle Harris [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356419?utm_medium=rss Bell schedule should stay at the same time it is now

]]> Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:19:33 UTC 16356419 cheryl harris [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356408?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:14:34 UTC 16356408 Mrs. Lois Hough [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356390?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:09:37 UTC 16356390 Miss Christina Harris [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356365?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:04:05 UTC 16356365 Mrs. Anonymous [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16356344?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 09:57:28 UTC 16356344