Over the past ten years there have been several issues pertaining to why school should start later in the day. Many parents, teachers, and board leaders have tried pushing the issues so that the start time will change, but not a whole lot has happened. There are schools in all fifty states that want to jump on board and start school later, so why not just do it? It’s way easier said than done. The top reason why people don’t want to start school later in the day is because they are already used to the seven or eight AM start time and they claim that they wouldn’t be able to get used to the schedule. Not any time soon, anyways. School should start later in the day so students will be more focused and alert throughout the day.
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They believe that it will cost them tens of thousands of dollars. That doesn’t make sense at all. In fact, starting school later would save them thousands of dollars. They will use any excuse they can to stall this project from moving forward claims Schoolstartlater.net. An example of a school saving a lot of money is in Moore County, NC. They created a dual bus route which made it so the bus would go on one route for the high school students and another route for the elementary students, saving them lots of money on gasoline, about $700,00 a year.. Another example is from the Mahtomedi School District. They made a thirty five minute time delay and they shortened passing periods. Even though they made it so school would start later, it didn’t effect after-school activities and the students had better grades and the attendance …show more content…
One reason is because students, teens especially, need more sleep. Studies have shown that teenagers need the most sleep and they usually don’t get half of what they’re body needs. Another reason, stemming from lack of sleep, is health issues. Students can develop several health issues from lack of sleep such as and not limited to anxiety, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, and other issues as well. Another logical reason is because starting school later would save elementary schools and high schools thousands upon thousands of dollars. One school in North Carolina saved upwards of $700,000 in one year by just changing the bus routes to dual bus routes. It’s simple things such as that that could save school districts so much money. If people knew how much money that could be saved, they would not have a problem with starting school later. There isn’t a single person trying to inconvenience anyone by trying to start school later in the day, it is all for good reasons. Imagine how much better the economy could possibly be if each school would create a dual bus route and save $700.000 a year or more? Or just by shortening in between passing periods which wouldn’t negatively affect any after school activities and it would improve grades and
Starting school …show more content…
They believe that it will cost them tens of thousands of dollars. That doesn’t make sense at all. In fact, starting school later would save them thousands of dollars. They will use any excuse they can to stall this project from moving forward claims Schoolstartlater.net. An example of a school saving a lot of money is in Moore County, NC. They created a dual bus route which made it so the bus would go on one route for the high school students and another route for the elementary students, saving them lots of money on gasoline, about $700,00 a year.. Another example is from the Mahtomedi School District. They made a thirty five minute time delay and they shortened passing periods. Even though they made it so school would start later, it didn’t effect after-school activities and the students had better grades and the attendance …show more content…
One reason is because students, teens especially, need more sleep. Studies have shown that teenagers need the most sleep and they usually don’t get half of what they’re body needs. Another reason, stemming from lack of sleep, is health issues. Students can develop several health issues from lack of sleep such as and not limited to anxiety, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, and other issues as well. Another logical reason is because starting school later would save elementary schools and high schools thousands upon thousands of dollars. One school in North Carolina saved upwards of $700,000 in one year by just changing the bus routes to dual bus routes. It’s simple things such as that that could save school districts so much money. If people knew how much money that could be saved, they would not have a problem with starting school later. There isn’t a single person trying to inconvenience anyone by trying to start school later in the day, it is all for good reasons. Imagine how much better the economy could possibly be if each school would create a dual bus route and save $700.000 a year or more? Or just by shortening in between passing periods which wouldn’t negatively affect any after school activities and it would improve grades and