Personal Narrative County, Kentucky And Lessons Learned

The first reason how this supports my claim is that most elementary, middle and high schools use the same busses. If all schools use the same busses and change the school start and end time that will have a big impact on busses. It also may mix the busses and some schools may not have busses that day. Another reason how this supports my claim is that most busses are structured around early schedules. If schools change their start times then it would only make the busses keep their positions and mess up the bus schedules so changing the start time would only cost

Despite the overwhelming evidence given by current research, many people refuse to change school start times because of the lack of noticeable impact some schools had or the impact it had on some people’s schedules. Pannoni cites a statement by the Iowa City Community School District which found that “the later start time . . . [did] not reduce the number of tardy students by any appreciable amount.” The principal of Ballard High School agreed by saying that he “would be surprised to see large improvements in either attendance or grade data compared with past years” (Pannoni). Many schools refused to change because of how the later start and dismissal times would affect extracurricular activities and students with jobs. This change would also interfere with bus schedules and childcare habits. However, these seem like small problems that can be overcome when the results are that “later school start times were associated with students sleeping longer at night, less tardiness, having higher test scores, being less depressed, using less caffeine and other drugs, . . . and experiencing fewer morning car crashes” (Fenwick).

The first reason why school districts should not take part in late start time is because it's dangerous for kids. For example, later start times are dangerous because if the kids ride a bus they would have to go on a bus when it's dark. According to Michelle, the Executive director of Communication for the school districts she states “we would be having elementary kids at the bus stop early in the dark.” This quote shows that

Almost 10% of U.S. high schools start before 7:30 a.m. Over 20% of middle schools start class at 7:45 a.m. or earlier. This is leaving students everywhere overwhelmed and tired. This can lead to tremendous effects on their health and grades. Research shows that only do later start times improve those things, but ends up increasing the school's yearly income in the long run. For these reasons, schools should make their hours later because it can affect students grades and health in a positive way.

The students at middle school south lake Zurich Illinois would like later start times. It won't cost much, and benefits the students and teachers. However, there are some problems. There are many learning benefits that go along with later start times. Such as, less vehicle accidents in the morning, depressed students, and obesity. Because of later start times After school activities, sporting events, and families, could all be affected in a negative way. If district 95 starts later district 95 ends later and people have to be home early. Later start times might cost some money but not a lot. Stevenson high school didn't pay that much. But imagine this: Students might not even have to have an alarm

This article by the National Sleep Foundation describes how adolescents today are not getting the recommended amount of sleep and in return do not perform appropriately or at their maximum level at school. Through different scientific studies it was discovered that adolescent NATURALLY fall asleep at 11 P.M. or later. One study looked at the melatonin secretion in patients and how it occurred later at night in adolescents. Through research the National Sleep Foundation has urged schools to synchronize school clock with student body clocks (If teens naturally fall asleep at 11 P.M. and require 9.5 hours of sleep, school should start approximately at 9:00-10:00 A.M., 1 to 3 hours after current SC school start times). This sources supports my claim to start school later and provides support research about the negative aspects of sleep deprivation in adolescents and the importance of reforming school start times

School start times play a very big role in a student’s overall development, especially when they aren’t getting enough sleep because of it. An important factor to consider for a student’s development is the act of sleeping; that a lack of it can cause serious problems to the students’ growing body. According to research done with Brown University’s Julie Boergers, the author of the letter “Benefits of later school start times”, the amount of sleep that adolescents need ranges from 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep. Only 17 percent of these students

In Justin O’Neil’s article, “Should Schools Start Later”, he says, “ School bus schedules are arranged to meet the needs of not just one school, but all the schools in a district…..” and then proceeds to say “Later start times would mean some districts might have to invest in additional buses and drivers, which can be expensive.” This explains that if we started school later, buses will have to figure out a way to get children from every school they are responsible for, if there are no staggered times. If they could not solve this problem, we would need more buses and drivers. Transportation will then turn into another dreadful problem that we would have to fix. Also, think about how the bus driver would probably get home later. This could interfere with their personal

Wahlstrom reports on the contentious discussion and debate about whether or not schools should consider switching to later start times. When classes start before 8:15, students become sleep deprived causing memory deficits, impaired performance and alertness, and being able to stay on task. Even though there are all these negative consequences to early start times why do schools still continue to start before 8:15? Wahlstrom mentioned the possible reasons why more schools have not made the switch. Wahlstrom stated, “As other districts consider the change to a later start for their high schools… an extremely contentious decision because administrators do not want any local advocacy group or start policymaker to interfere in a decision normally

Transportation is a major issue that would be impacted by a later school start time. For many school districts, including my own, buses are reused for the elementary and high school students. The problem with shared buses is that if the high school start time changes, so would the elementary start time. Elementary students

If school start time is changed to earlier students would have to get up earlier. According to Kalish, in The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade, students have trouble falling asleep because their “body clocks are set to a schedule that is different from that of younger children or adults.” Lisa Rodvien, who teaches at Anne Arundel county,Md. says her “attendance at her first-period classes was “as low as fifty percent or below.”” Students would also have to stay at school longer causing

School is not the most desirable place that a teenager would want to be at seven hours a day, five days a week, 180 days a year, and even more problematic is that for them to get to school on time, they have to fight their biological clocks (Hansen). Many schools have started pushing their start times back by even just an hour, and helped with the students grades and mental health by giving them the time they need to sleep (“4 Good Snooze”). Pushing start times back a good idea because it will give students the rest they need to be successful.

Opinions about schools starting time differ all over the United States. Many districts around the United States are trying to start a movement to have school start later than they usually do. 70 districts across the nation are going to start at 8:45. If this happens, it can change the schedules of a big amount of students tremendously. In the article on Newsela, facts are stated about how lots of schools use scientists advice for when they should start school. Based on the article titled, ¨More zzz’s can lead to more A’s: Seattle Schools Move Start Time for Teens¨, one believes that Beaumont High School should not change the start time to begin class later due to transportation,sports’ schedules, and the late dismissal.

On average a normal person get’s 6 hours and 27 minutes of sleep, that is not enough time for sleep because a healthy amount of sleep is 8-9 hours. After school sports times will change because of the later start time. People will go to sleep later and complain that they are tired. Some kid’s parents go to work early so they won’t have anyone to take them to school. I think it’s better for East Porter School Corporation if we don’t have a later start time for the 2016-2017 school

Later start times would give students and teacher the opportunity to get the proper amount of sleep they need. Later start times give the students and the teacher’s time to prepare for the day and more time to sleep. Schools can research the benefits of starting schools later and have a ruling on if they want to start schools later. One step to try and put the system in to place is to talk to other students and gage to see how they feel about their start times and ask if the district needs to start later. Second thing is if you have multiple people wanting a latter that says to have later start times have that group.