Why School Should Start Later

First of all, kids will be more energized and be more academically advanced if school starts are pushed back. According to, “Should School Start Later” “Studies show that well rested teens get better grades, have higher standardized test scores, and miss fewer days of school. They also have a lower risk of being in car accidents and have fewer health problems such as depression, mood changes, and being overweight.” Many schools start before 7:45 a.m. and have tired students not putting forth their best efforts while 40 percent of American High Schools start classes past 8 a.m. The schools with later starts

School should start later rather than earlier because if school starts later teens won’t have so much of a problem with getting up in the morning. Also if school starts later kids school work will improve and help their grades in the long run. Schools starting later will improve many things such as grades and homework being turned in on time. Also with more sleep students might also improve the way kids view school.

Staying up until 1am to finish math homework and studying for that huge history test next class is pretty routine for some teens. Juggling school, sports, a social life, and other extracurriculars is tough, and teens are already in a critical period in their life. It is the time period in which teens grow and learn the most, and sets them up for a bright future. Staying healthy both mentally and physically is imperative, and sleep is probably the most important. Schools starting as early as 7am limits a teen’s potential. If schools were to start later, the benefits would be endless. Schools starting later improves both physical and mental health of students, keeps the individual and those around them safer, and improves students performance in school and sports.

Do you ever wake up and feel like you haven’t gotten enough sleep? The reason is because in reality you probably haven’t. Studies show that schools should not start any earlier that 8:30 in the morning due to teens suffering from sleep deprivation. There are many negative effects this condition can have on a teens body including a direct effect on one’s physical and mental health, public safety and excelling in the future. In the Ted Talk video, " Why school should start later for teens" by, Wendy Troxel.  Ms. Troxel explained why school should start later for teens.. Students are very drowsy in the morning and are usually rushing to get to school on time which limits breakfasts times and healthy food options. Schools should start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.  for several reasons  but sleep deprivation is  the most important. Sleep deprivation can cause a direct effect to a child’s general health and behavior, public safety and potentially future success.

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.

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

The article Should School Stay Earlier? by elenam112 states “This means the school would be open longer, resulting in larger electrical and heating bills.” Schools would need to stay open later at night for after school activities and stay open early in the morning for students who are dropped off early. Schools may even have to purchase lights for after school activities. Schools would also have to change their bus transportation systems which are designed to run as efficiently and inexpensively as possible. The average national cost that schools need to pay for each student’s bus transportation is $459. Changing the system could result in many more

School starting later does have it’s positive affects it also has its negative effects as well. School starting later would allow students to sleep later, but according to the High Schools with late start times help teens but schedules and after-school can conflict, “potential complications,such as additional costs if buses were added, child-care issues where late-day schedules might prevent teens from picking up younger siblings after school, and implications for teams if they end up playing in the dark.” According to Fox News Megan Kuhfeld says, a student in California,” I enjoyed waking up later than everyone else in the area next to me where there were early start times, but as a member of the tennis team, she had to miss sixth and seventh period classes to compete at other schools.” Although school starting later would give teens more time to sleep, it would cause conflicts between their schedules after

My first reason school should not start later because of the transportation. Transportation is a key in why school shouldn't start later because if school starts later they will have to change or get a new bus schedule. Transportation can also be messed up because it might have to change your parents work schedule and it just messes up everything. Transportation can also be effective if you take the bus because they will have to schedule different times for the busses. Research said “Because most school districts have a delicately balanced bus transportation system designed to run as efficiently and inexpensively as possible, any change in the school schedule can have a severe impact”(Eight Major Obstacles To Delaying School Start Times).

School should start later because, the students have gotten less than recommended amount of sleep considering, teens tend to stay up later doing school work. And they’re having to wake up early to get to school. With that there are consequences to that routine student commit to, and it takes a toll on them. Why do you think schools should start later? Since majority of schools begin early in the morning, most students opt out from eating breakfast just so adolescents can make it to school on time.

won't have a ride to school. Also if teens started later that means changing their whole schedules. If school gets out later, students who are involved in other activities will be busy until much later than they are currently. This would also leave children arriving home later and eating dinner later, which poses its own health risks. Students wouldn’t be late if school hadn’t started so early. Nearly 10% of the U.S high schools now are starting before 7:30a.m,40% start before 8:00a.m and only about 15% start after 8:30a.m. Over 20% start class 7:45 a.m or earlier. Students who are picked up shortly after 5:30a.m in some districts and teens must wake up at 5 or 6 to make it to school. If schools didn’t start that early many people would make it to school on time. Sometime the bus comes earlier than when they're supposed to come so students don’t make it on time cause they wait for the bus to come at it’s regular time. So that students can make it to school on time and not be late they should have later school

Some people think that starting school later will give kids more time to sleep. In Justin’s article he states, “One 2012 study found that middle school test scores rose in reading and math.” (20). This shows that when kids get more sleep they can perform better in school and get better grades. If school starts earlier then kids might get more sleep, unless they just change what time they go to sleep an hour or thirty minutes later and wake up an hour or thirty minutes later.

Almost every day high school students are waking up around six o’clock in the morning to get ready for school, some even earlier than that. Nearly every morning students are waking up without adequate sleep. If sleep is one of the most essential needs of the body in order to grow and develop, shouldn’t we be more aware of how much it affects students everyday performance? The ways in which students are affected by sleep-deprivation is precisely why school needs to start later.

The national sleep epidemic that has taken the world by storm is also taking a toll in not only teen’s health but also their performance in school as well as personal safety. The sleep deprivation that teens are experiencing everyday has caused many health problems as well as academic problems. I believe starting school later will hinder this ever growing teen sleep deprivation problem we face today. Letting teens sleep later is beneficial to their learning capacity as their heightened alertness improved their classroom performance as well as better memory and many other crucial achievements. So probably starting school later, but no later than eight thirty am, will lead students to perform better in school and their health will improve drastically.

One of the reasons that school should be started later is because it does not give growing teens enough time to sleep. Sleep researcher, Wendy Troxel, who spoke on TED, says that high school aged kids’ sleep cycles do no start until 11 p.m and do not end until 8 a.m. This means that whenever students’ alarms go off from anywhere around 5-7:30 a.m, it simply does not