School Should Start Later

Do you think school should start later? I think school should start later because students need sleep to perform good in school. I as a student know how hard it is to wake up at six o’clock a.m. for five days straight. It makes me feel sleepy for the whole school day which also means I do not perform as well or pay as much attention in class.

First, schools should not change their start times because it helps parents as well. One reason how that supports my claim is older kids can help younger children. When kids in middle and high school get home before their parents so they

We live in an age when many growing adolescents are constantly fighting their natural body clocks. It could potentially be one of the biggest issues facing our high school systems. Many school’s across America have started to push back their school start times. Is it worth it? The answer is yes. School should start later in order to unlock our nation’s high school potential.

Do you hate waking up so early in the morning to get ready for school? Do you feel so drained because you’re tired? Some school districts have started school later to give students more time to sleep and because students get more sleep it has several positive effects. School districts would be for schools starting later because studies have shown students with more sleep have improved school performances, more sleep which reduces health problems, and less morning automobile accidents.

If we were to start school later, academic GPA’s (grade point averages) would definately increase. Isn’t this what we want in our school? It is proven that the more sleep you get, the more awake and alert you actually are. I interviewed Michael Claffey, a sophomore at Newington High School, he stated “ Goooooud.” Also Jorge Premto a sophomore at Newington High School stated “Yes Michael, yes I do believe school should start at nine o’clock am. This will thus help further my education because I will be well rested.” In all, we need school to start later because it will help us with our education.

The moment dreaded most is when the alarm clock rings and pierces your ears with an irritating chime. We rustle through our beds to try and hit the snooze button as fast as we possibly can, just so when ten minutes pass, we get to click snooze again and again, until we are fully awake. For kids, it’s hard to wake up when there is no motivation to go school, when school is unenjoyable, and when you have to wake up at 6 a.m. just to arrive on time. Simply allowing students to come in an hour later than usual, will improve schools as a whole. School start times should be later to improve attendance, safety, and learning, which are all a vital part of a commendable school.

In the United States of America, middle and high schools start as early as 7:00 am, requiring teenagers to rise at least at 6:30 in order to make it to class. As a nation, we can only view this as a monstrosity. In this essay, I will be going over three areas of analysis: one, why early start times for middle and high school create situations not in the interest of learning, two, why a later commencement time would have substantial benefits, and three, why said benefits would outweigh the disadvantages.

High Schools should begin later in the day to accommodate for students to get the natural sleep they really need.

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.

This schedule change might impact after school sports and clubs, but not by much. It would only involve starting games and practices an hour later, a mere cost for that extra hour of sleep. The bus drivers would simply switch which kids they pick up first. The parents would be grateful to have their little kids out of the house earlier. The students would reap the benefits in their test scores. The small price for this change would benefit everyone.

The school changed their start time from 7:15 a.m., to 8:40 a.m. (Boergers, 3). After this change, the students acquired an extra hour of sleep and the number of students who were fatigue decreased (Boergers, 3). The school also noticed that there were fewer absent kids and the percent of enrolled students increased (Boergers, 4). Another example is a boarding school with different start times in the spring and winter (Boergers, 4). In the spring, school started at 8 a.m. and in the winter classes began at 8:25 a.m. (Boergers, 4). Although there is not a drastic time difference the school noticed the differences in the students. In the winter, there was a reduced amount of depression, a reduced number of students who depending on caffeine, such as energy drinks or soda, and reduced tardiness (Boergers, 5). Another impact this minor time change created was that there was less daytime napping and less students who fell asleep in class (Boergers, 5). On average, these students only obtained an extra 29 minutes of sleep per night, but the number of students receiving eight or greater hours of sleep nearly doubled (Boergers, 5). Consequently, when the school began their spring hours, the students fell back to the baseline, their test scores dropped and the number of hours they

I am implying that Redondo Beach Unified School district and schools around the country should change schedules to start an hour later. My first reason why we should is that some students who have to walk to school or walk to the bus in the morning while it is dark outside, with few or none adults to accompany them which puts them in danger, along with teens who

It has been talked about for decades, that students are not getting enough sleep. Due to this statement, some people believe changing the school start time would address the issue. I believe that altering the school start time will actually do more harm than good. Transportation, sports, and lives of parents would be negatively affected by a later school start time.

School days should start later in the day because there are many benefits to doing so. Such as improved grades, Test scores, and safer roads because teens won’t be as drowsy if they sleep 8 plus hours.

Everyone has always hated getting up super early in the morning to go to school. As children get older they move to different schools, from elementary to middle to high school, and the start times get earlier and earlier. In elementary school it was never a problem getting up but as we get older, it becomes more difficult to get up. Schools start so early in the morning that it is hard to focus and students tend to either miss more of their earlier classes or earn lower grades compared to their later classes. In addition, early start times also lead to various medical problems. Schools everywhere should start later because it would beneift the stduents.