The Causes And Effects Of Tardiness At High School

Have you ever wondered about the effects that would be brought if school started later? At the moment, school clearly begins too early. This is a problem that is unquestionably bringing negative affects to many students. Many schools throughout the country are addressing this problem by considering school schedule changes including later start times for middle and high schools. Research indicates there are unfavorable effects to current school schedules, as well as well as positive effects to delayed start times. To best meet the needs of teens, school should start later.

They give a student a twenty minute detention after school if they’re late to school, even by a few measly seconds. I could be doing other useful things with my time than serving a pointless detention.

Shorter passing times are much more dangerous than they may seem. According to Rachel Pancare, author of “Effects of Tardiness on Your Child’s Education,” as a result of frequent tardies, students can have a hard time getting used to their schedules, something kids tend to rely on a lot. In middle school, students are very aware of how they’re

In schools, kids do not have long enough to make it to every class without being late every once in a while. If kids have a class on one side of the school and has to go to their locker that is far away, they can be late because it can take more than 4 minutes to get all the way there and back. Kids also have to go to the bathroom and can take a bit of a while. It can be hard for some kids to get to class within that amount of time.

If students were not late to class, they would be able to go do their extra curricular activities after school. In the article Longer Passing Periods, by Jason Li “ Not only would there be fewer detentions, but citizenship grades would improve”. Many teachers count tardiness when grading citizenship. It’s not fair to students that have to walk all the way across campus and still need to get ready for the next class. If they had more time there will be less detentions. Also citizenship grading will go

It is better for students to go to school more late because students need enough sleep. Most schools start early like about 8:30am. But most student have to wake up

     Truancy can occur among students if an open campus is accepted. If students have the privilege to leave school for fifty whole minutes on their own, then they have the freedom to not come back. It would break the trust between students and educators, and harsher rules would have to be enforced on the open campus rule. Numerous students who decide to ditch the remaining periods would

Since there is no late start on Wednesday, May 16, most students will either show up like zombies walking through the hallways or forget that there is no late start, causing them to wake up pass the schools starting bell and be marked absent by their teachers. Late start is very beneficial to a student because it allows them more time to sleep and may prevent them from snoozing in class. Also, late start provides students with more time to do their homework in the morning instead of completing all their assignments in one day or the last minute.

Teenagers need more sleep. If schools start school later, students would be less tired. A study of eight schools in Minnesota started school 1 hour later and grades and morale went up and tardiness went down. It has been scientifically proven in a test they did in Minnesota that 8 schools stated later and most of the students grades went up they were happier and everyone seemed more

School start times should be later because school times should revolve around the student’s best ability to learn. When America started public schools, they had the same time frame, around seven to three. They did this so the farmers would have time to go and work in the afternoon. Well, needless to say we still have the same schedule now, with a much different industry and way of life. There are countless reasons schools should start later and countless studies that prove school should start later. I think some of the more important reasons include, a teen’s biological clock that makes their brain want to go to bed and get up late, car crashes caused by sleep deprivation and more sleep increasing concentration, alertness and a better attitude in class

Making things later will cause inconvenience to students, parents, and school administrations. Waking up later would be good but for other people it may not work out. Like if parents have to go to work early in the morning, then they

For one, making school begin later is improving dropout rates; it’s also reducing tardiness. I can see how starting school later can improve these. I know that sometimes I wish school started later because getting up early isn’t very fun. I also understand how kids just don’t want to go, which causes tardiness. Maybe people just finally have had enough. School starting later also shows a significant improvement in the work, effort, and grades of students. If a child doesn’t get enough sleep, they

They can have more time in the morning to do what they need to do and then go to school. Students would not have to rush to school to try and beat the tardy bell. Kids would miss less days of school and absences in school would drop by a great amount. Many school and people may say that we should not start school later because it cost too much to make it happen, but if you look at it in the long run, schools would actually save money. “Megan Reilly, chief financial officer for the Los Angeles Unified School District has estimated that boosting attendance by just 1% would bring in an additional 40 million dollars per year.” (Lewis) This means that schools would not only have students missing less school if they started later but they would also bring in a lot more money than they would if they started

     Secondly, the majority of the students that do not attend class are usually the one’s that should not attend class. These students tend to be disruptive and tardy distracting the students that actually want to further their education. If this policy stays in effect, it will continue to place students with little or no academic motivation in the same learning environment as those striving to achieve their highest potential. This is detrimental to everyone involved in the education process because it slows down the pace of progression. By allowing students to miss class, the student-teacher ratio will be more favorable and teachers will have fewer distractions.

School’s start times have been an arising issue in the United States for many years and recently began to surface. More and more individuals everyday are realizing the effects of a school’s start time on those attending the school, teaching at the school, parents of those who attend the school as well as the surrounding community. “…education seems to be the most sleep-deprived field in America” (Black, 2001). Beginning a school’s start time at 7:17 in the morning isn’t the best time to try and teach adolescents calculus or Shakespeare. “For many, the unusually early start time is nothing short of torturous. A survey of 26 Denver –area companies showed that the average adult trudges into