Should school start later?

[8Cheyenne]

 

Should school start later?

 

There are only 17% of U.S high schools that start at 8:30 am or later. There have been many studies why schools should start later. If schools start later than studies show that graduation rates go up. There was a study done by University of Minnesota in 2016 that showed they looked at 8 different high schools across the U.S that picked out later start times, from 8 am to 8:55 am. Study found big decreases in absences and tardiness, also greater academic benefits with later start times. According to the CDC school starts too early causing students not getting enough sleep which is associated with several health risks including being overweight, drinking alcohol, using drugs, and poor academic performance. Starting school later would also help students with getting the amount of sleep they need. There were studies done by University of Washington that showed if teens get more sleep, show improved grades and attendance with later school time, researchers found. 

Pros: Starting school later could help reduce the amount of time kids or teens are left alone due to their parents working schedule. It will also help reduce caffeine dependence. There are students out there that will drink a lot of coffee and energy drinks that can cause long term side effects like severe dehydration, chronic pain attack, and high levels of adrenaline and cortisol. Another pro would be that it would give students a chance to eat breakfast and not be in a hurry. The last pro for school starting later would be it reduces the amount of car accidents for teens. According to AAA teen driver drowsiness is responsible for 100,000 car accidents every year.

Cons: Starting school later could cause some issues with the student schedule. It will cause some transportation problems for the school districts. Another con would be cause some issue with teens that have after school jobs that require them to be there at certain times. Starting school later could cause students to not get their homework done or stress them out to do it the next morning.  Another reason is it could cause teens to stay up later at night. Lastly it would alter the teacher schedule especially if they have doctors appointments or family time.

 

Do you think starting school later is good idea?

What time would you want school to start?

Do you think it would change the students absences and tardness?

 

https://vittana.org/19-should-school-start-later-in-the-morning-pros-and-cons

https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.html#:~:text=According%20to%20the%202014%20School,started%20before%208%3A30%20a.m.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0031721716681770

[8Cheyenne]

I agree with you I also think school should not start later. I also think that kids would decide to stay up later.  I also think it would be good if we start earlier becuase then the day would get over before 3pm.

[2Tyler]

I dont think it is because it gives me more time after school to do things. I think it should still start when it does now because its not that early. If we started a hour or two later some more people might show up.  

[8Cheyenne]

I agree with you I don't think school should be starting later because it does give student more time after school to do things. Also there a student out there that have jobs so it wouldn't work for them to go later. 

[6elana]

I think starting school later would be a great idea because some students might have difficulties sleeping or other problems at home. I think we should start around 10 and end around 4 or 5. I think it would change alot of tardiness.

[8Cheyenne]

I think starting school around 10 am and ending school around 4 or 5 is not good idea because some kids have after school jobs or even sport. If those students had practice at 5:30 they wouldn't be getting home until around 8:30-9.

[5John]

I think starting school at a later time would not be very benificial. Starting school at a later time would cause school to go later in the day. This would make it hard for kids to work jobs after school, and get a decent amount of hours in. This would also cause practices for sports to go later in the night too.

[8Cheyenne]

I agree with you I think starting school at later time is not very benifical because starting later would cause school to go later in the day. I also agree that it would probably make it hard for kids with after school jobs or sports.

[2Aidan]

I think it's better to have school start later because kids won't be so late and if they have a test in the morning for a class they won't be tire and they can study. I think school should start around 9 or 10 in the morning for kids can sleep in a little later adn they wont be so tired. I think it will change students absences and tardness to a little less since it will start a little later.

[8Cheyenne]

I think starting school around 9 or 10 would cause some issue specially with student schdules. Like if you have sport you wouldn't be getting to pratice until probably 5 and then not getting done until 7-9pm at night.

[7Hayden]

I don't think that starting school later would be a good idea.  The whole purpose of school is to get us ready for our careers.  Most jobs start at 8 or maybe even earlier.  I don't think that they should move school back just because some people are not discipline enough to get out of bed on time for school.  I am an athlete and I know what it is like to go to bed late and wake up early. It's just something that has to be done.