Why Extend School Hours

The school board is considering adding an hour and a half to the school day. The extra hour and a half would cause scheduling conflicts. Also, students and teachers may become drained from all the work.This would also interfere with the school’s budget. For these reasons, the school board should not extend the school day by one and a half hours.

Because the school day is extended by one and a half hours, scheduling conflicts with school, family, and community activities will occur. For example, the extended school time will affect the starting and stopping times of sports, and as a result, games would be prolonged. With that, students would have less time to do homework and projects after late games. Also, extending schools hours would interfere with parent’s work schedule. Parents would have to accommodate their schedules so that they can cooperate with the school’s expanded hours. In addition, after-school activities will encounter dilemmas with scheduling. For instance, activities will be …show more content…
For example, students already experience attention deficiency after long periods of sitting in class. As a result, extending the school day would make it difficult for students to mentally prepared themselves for additional learning. Additionally, students who become tired are less likely to retain information provided to them. Fatigue in students can create mood instabilities or enhance the symptoms of an attention deficit issues as well. Also, Extended school days means that teachers will be required to work longer hours.Teachers are already putting in a full day of work, and most teachers arrive an hours before school and leave 1-2 hours after school. In addition, many teachers’ schedules’ are filled with grading papers at home, and perform other duties outside of the “normal” workday. Furthermore, lengthening the school day would exhaust students and