Why School Should Start Later

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.

Each year, exhausted teenagers leave themselves to another day of battling their bodies clocks so they can get in class on time. It's outstanding that teenagers who don't get eight hours of rest a night confronts a large number of issues. That is the reason why both the American Institute of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control recommend shifting middle- and high-school start times to 8:30 a.m or later. However, during 2011-2012 school year, the latest statistics accessible — just 17.7 % of the national public middle, high and combined schools met the 8:30 a.m. rule, and almost 40% began before 8 a.m. In California, the normal start time was 8:07 a.m.

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

If we start school later then kids test scores will increase, they wont fall asleep in class and they would get the appropriate amount of sleep. According to upfrontmagazine.com, nNew research suggests that later high school starts have widespread benefits. Sleep experts at the university of Mminnesota studied eight high schools before and after the moved to later start times. They found that the later start time, the better off students were on measures like mental health, car crash rates, attendance, and in some schools, grades and standerized test scores. This is an accurate example because it comes from sleep experts at the university of minnesota that have actually studied this topic. With later starting time you’ll have more time to sleep and will be able to pay attention in class so you can get that good grade.

Beep-Beep-Beep. The loud shrill of your alarm wakes you up from your deep sleep. Have you ever wanted school to start later? Maybe all you wanted was to just fall back to sleep. School districts have been looking at pushing school start times for older students who could get extra sleep for a long time. There have even had studies conducted to find the benefits of a later start. But have they looked at the consequences? School start times should stay the same.

First, schools should not start later because transportation would be an issue. Some parents may have trouble getting their kids to school because of their work schedule. For example, Liz Szabo, from USA Today, she quoted Daniel Domenech, in her article “Study: Most teens start school too early in morning to get enough sleep” states, "It's a logistical nightmare," said Daniel Domenech, executive director of AASA, the School Superintendents Association., who said that school districts have to consider the cost of school buses, as well as traffic...” This is significant because most school districts have at least one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school that would need busses to take them to and from school. Parents would not benefit if school started later because parents would now have to worry about being late to

How would you feel if your parent couldn’t take you to school or drive you to the bus because schools starts after they would already need to be at work? How would you like if practices or outside actives were cut short due to school start time? Schools began starting earlier in the 1990s. The average time schools start is 8:03 am. Only 17.7% of 39,700 public middle and high schools start at 8:30 am or later. I believe that the earlier start time is an advantage. With schools being a big advantage to help us plan for life, we need to make sure we use this precious time to learn. If school would start later there would be less time for outside activities and practices, your parent mostly likely couldn’t help you get ready in the morning and drive you to school because they would already be at work, and truly if school starts later, then most people would go to bed later.

This particular source from The Atlantic basically just talks about why schools need to start later for middle and high schools and how students’ health and learning are at risk when they start school too early in the morning. The article starts by saying that the centers for disease and prevention are calling for schools to start later in the morning because a lack of sleep has been linked to higher rates of obesity, depression, and motor-vehicle accidents among teens. A study by done by the University of Minnesota proved that a shift in school start time proved beneficial for the students with better attendance, test scores, and academic grades. There was also a decrease in tardiness, substance abuse, and symptoms of depression. Another study done by Brown University found that when students didn’t get the recommended amount of sleep, they became sleep- deprived during class and that the students were “pathologically sleepy.” Even with all of the science behind the fact that schools should start later, schools are often reluctant to do so because school districts don’t have the funding necessary to do so, parents worry that kids will not have time for their extra- curricular activities and or rely on their teens to watch younger siblings. With such opposition, the article proclaims that it is very possible to switch school times without creating too many problems and that school districts just have to be creative in how they implement and plan out the time

Parents and teachers constantly tell students that they should concentrate on school and homework, but how can they do so when they cannot focus? Most of the time this lack of focus is caused by sleep deprivation which is induced by school activities and work, both of which cannot be avoided. Schools expect students to wake up early, be lectured for 8 hours, and then stay up late with sports, music, and/or homework. These tired students with large workloads have risks to their bodies and minds. Allowing schools to start later would be beneficial to students’ health, safety, and academic performance.

You Are asleep, in the blissful backwater of your head. You swirl among your dreams, when all of a sudden, screeching. a never ending cacophony. It's your alarm, and it time for school. We have all experienced this at least once before. And we've all hated it. But maybe there's a reason we hate it. It's not good for us. Especially with teenagers requiring so much sleep its imperative that school as a whole start later in the day, and by moving it later it would improve the mental abilities and heath of modern teens.

It is very clear that most people resent the thought of waking up early in the morning to get school or work. Right? According to the author Elenam112,  “It has been scientifically proven that teenagers are not morning people. They have a biological tendency to stay up at night and sleep later in the morning.” (TI.)  I strongly agree. In my opinion, I believe school start times should start at least an hour or two earlier, due to the health benefits also, students will be much more focused in class. This could change our society for the better, the proof is in the people keep reading to understand why sleep is so crucial to our body’s and furthermore,our minds..

“Hhhhrrrrrnnnnggggg,” your restless sleep has been interrupted by the distressing alarm clock. Here it goes again, another long day in school running on an empty tank of gas. The time is five forty-five and you are already running late. You have just enough time to throw on your clothes and wet your teeth before running out to catch the school bus. This is all too common in the lives of many Savannah Chatham County Public School System students. This may even be common for you, The Board of Education members. To solve many school problems, school should start at eight thirty instead of the crack of dawn.

The first reason I have for starting school later on is the morning arrivals of the buses. Today the earliest school bus time is the US is 4:30 AM. If you sleep at 10 pm and your bus ride to school is at

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.

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