Pros And Cons Of Changing School Start Times

School start times should not change to a later start. For one, it can be very costly, and many students could take advantage of the shift in times, and go to bed later than they already would.

There are many complications that can come into play if school start times shifted to a later time. Mrs. Willie, an eighth grade social studies teacher at Western Middle School says that, if school starts later, some teachers that live far away, (which most do..) would be getting up at the same time for school because of traffic, and coming home later, which would leave teachers having no free time for themselves, or doing school related things like grading.

Another reason that school start times should not change is that if Greenwich Public Schools changes the start time, it can cause major stress on students. According to the National Sleep Foundation, “Most people do not work well with change. When someone is forced to change their routine, it can cause stress.” This proves that changing school times later will actually cause an elevated amount of stress than if school start times remained the same. …show more content…
If the school start time shifts later then not only would the middle school times change, but the elementary, and highschool times would