Does School Start Too Early? It’s 7:50 A.M. The first bell rings. An eighth grade student, who is running late, frantically scurries through the front doors of her school, questioning if it was worth it to have hit the “snooze” button on her alarm Monday morning. On the contrary, a jaunty student sits at his desk, bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to start the school day. Many students across the country find themselves in these same situations, questioning, ‘Does school start too early?’ Yes
In a survey conducted of people within the Franklin community, 75% of the students found that school starts too early in the morning. Like most students, they believe that schools’ early start times take a toll on their sleep schedule and most importantly, …show more content…
and I don’t want to wake up. When I go to school, I’m very tired and my brain is not ready to function...at all!” said Luke as he rolled his baggy eyes.
Similar to Luke, many students across the country find themselves not ready to process information when they first get to school. They are often compared to ‘the walking dead’. Underlying these words is the issue that early school start times may be a contributing factor of children not receiving the proper amount of sleep. A survey of Franklin residents showed that only 40.7% of people get the recommended amount of sleep (8.5-9.5 hours). Students’ lives are tiring enough as it is, and sleep deprivation may be an upcoming problem with early school start times.
According to “Greenfield Patch”, “Under the final proposal, the high school day shifts from a 7:15 a.m. start and 2:18 p.m. dismissal to 7:45 a.m. start and a 2:45 p.m. dismissal. The middle school will shift from 7:45 a.m./2:50 p.m. to 8 a.m./3:05 p.m. and the elementary schools move from 8:40 a.m./3:22 p.m. to 8:35 a.m./3:35 p.m.” This is an example of the Whitnall School District that has changed their start times already. When comparing the Whitnall School District to the Franklin School District, Franklin is the Fred Flintstone in today’s day and …show more content…
What is revealed here are the negative effects of early start times on children in the long run. This is why many researchers believe that schools start too early, and recommend a later time.
In addition, the National Sleep Foundation says that no school should start earlier than 8:00 A.M., but ideally should start at 8:30 A.M., or later. In a survey of Franklin community members, 89.3% of the participants said that school starting at 8:30 A.M. would be fair. This is important because this gives students the opportunity to sleep longer, and perform at higher levels of thinking during school.
Students have a hard time getting up in the morning for school, due to a lack of sleep, therefore researchers, along with many students, say that school does start too early.
No
Although some children will say that school starts too early, others beg to differ. Students place sleep deprivation upon themselves-staying up late on phones, T.V., or procrastinating homework. If students were to get to sleep at a reasonable time, some say that school start times would not be an
In a survey conducted of people within the Franklin community, 75% of the students found that school starts too early in the morning. Like most students, they believe that schools’ early start times take a toll on their sleep schedule and most importantly, …show more content…
and I don’t want to wake up. When I go to school, I’m very tired and my brain is not ready to function...at all!” said Luke as he rolled his baggy eyes.
Similar to Luke, many students across the country find themselves not ready to process information when they first get to school. They are often compared to ‘the walking dead’. Underlying these words is the issue that early school start times may be a contributing factor of children not receiving the proper amount of sleep. A survey of Franklin residents showed that only 40.7% of people get the recommended amount of sleep (8.5-9.5 hours). Students’ lives are tiring enough as it is, and sleep deprivation may be an upcoming problem with early school start times.
According to “Greenfield Patch”, “Under the final proposal, the high school day shifts from a 7:15 a.m. start and 2:18 p.m. dismissal to 7:45 a.m. start and a 2:45 p.m. dismissal. The middle school will shift from 7:45 a.m./2:50 p.m. to 8 a.m./3:05 p.m. and the elementary schools move from 8:40 a.m./3:22 p.m. to 8:35 a.m./3:35 p.m.” This is an example of the Whitnall School District that has changed their start times already. When comparing the Whitnall School District to the Franklin School District, Franklin is the Fred Flintstone in today’s day and …show more content…
What is revealed here are the negative effects of early start times on children in the long run. This is why many researchers believe that schools start too early, and recommend a later time.
In addition, the National Sleep Foundation says that no school should start earlier than 8:00 A.M., but ideally should start at 8:30 A.M., or later. In a survey of Franklin community members, 89.3% of the participants said that school starting at 8:30 A.M. would be fair. This is important because this gives students the opportunity to sleep longer, and perform at higher levels of thinking during school.
Students have a hard time getting up in the morning for school, due to a lack of sleep, therefore researchers, along with many students, say that school does start too early.
No
Although some children will say that school starts too early, others beg to differ. Students place sleep deprivation upon themselves-staying up late on phones, T.V., or procrastinating homework. If students were to get to sleep at a reasonable time, some say that school start times would not be an