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    result in teenagers waking up later too. A good solution would be to have a later school-start time. However, problems that might have been overlooked in the past are now resurfacing. All of these situations suggest a later start time is not a viable solution. After school community resources, will not be able to be accessed as long. Some students go to different learning opportunities after school, such as the public library. However, if high schools start dismissing an hour later, a fairly large chunk of time will be taken from that possible study time. Several high schools have built in libraries that are accessible even after school but, they are very expensive and hard to maintain. Public access locations might have a larger variety too. Teachers will get less time with their families. All teachers show up long before school starts and long after it ends. If time changes to an hour later, teachers will get even less time at home and will probably lose even…

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    School start time has been a prominent topic in the last few years as students all over the country report not getting enough sleep throughout the week. Teenagers typically need 8-10 hours of sleep to properly function, but one study found only 15% of teens get 8 ½ hours of sleep on a school night. In another study, 60% of teens reported that they were tired throughout the day, and 15% said they fell asleep during class. At Ashland High School, the current start time is 7:30 a.m., but buses…

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    The average start time for schools across the nation is 8:00. In many of the studies referenced there is a common theme that school starts too early which has a negative effect of the students health and their ability to learn in school. Consequently, a later start time in school, especially high schools, would be extremely beneficial to not only the students but schools as well. Students simply are not awake that early in the morning which prevents them from performing cognitive functions…

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    People worldwide are concerned about schools starting too early in the day and have been debating about the benefits of later school start times. Every weekday, students must face the struggle of waking up early to get ready for school without getting enough sleep the night before. Schools starting at a later time during weekdays would allow students to have extra time to sleep in the morning and be more alert and focused. This can result in less sleep-related car accidents and tardies. It can…

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    The sound of an alarm clock in the early morning can be a dreadful sound for many teenagers to hear. Many teenagers hit the snooze button in hopes of just a couple more minutes to sleep in. A typical weekday can be full of exhaustion and lack of motivation from school. The idea of later start times for school has been an issue that could be subjected to change in the near future. If school times started later in the morning, it would not only benefit the student’s health and wellness, school…

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    Do later times affect kids games? Later starts times would be beneficial to school and parent relates things. As you read this think about the ways school times make better things in life and worse things. School should start later to save money and provide better academic scores to look better on the school. Later start times work for parents to be able to pick up kids. They wonder what later school end times would mean for sports and after-school activities, for example, and how much…

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    Later School Start Time If school started later than 8 o’clock, many students would be delighted and would have an opportunity to get more sleep, when most students now face sleep deprivation. All SIS students should have a later starting time for school, such as 9 o’clock. This will make sure that students will get a good sleep that will improve their focus in school, and sleeping a bit more will also relieve health issues. Having school starting times later will ensure that students can…

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    School start times is a major issue for students. It’s has either been affecting them academically, or by reducing the students sleep time. Some schools have made the change of delaying start times, hoping for an improvement in students. Studies have shown that delaying start times does have an effect on students, in a positive way. School Start Time Should be delayed early in the morning. Delaying start times could help students academically and increase sleep time. On the other hand, some…

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    Should school start at a later time, some say yay and some say nay. School shouldn’t start at a later time because it’s interference to part-time jobs, it cost a great deal of money, and it cuts away time for after school things, such as homework and extracurricular activities. To start, moving school to a later time could genuinely have an impact on jobs after school. Reported on Should School Start Later, “A later start, say opponents, also interferes with some teens’ part-time jobs and…

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    School times can sometimes be absurdly early, but because of later start times some problems stir up. Later school start times can increase grades and the well being of the kids, but the downfall of that is that schools have to pay extra for more buses because usually a district only has a few busses, which then makes the school start times staggered. Although the wellbeing of kids is far more important. The idea of staggering school time is smart but if its hurting the health of people I…

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