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3 things I would change

1. We should be able to have our phones out at lunch/ when we are done with all of our work.

2. School to start later. I don't think it is right that we should be waking up at 6:00 AM or earlier. I think we should change it to at least 8:00 or 8:15.

3. I think I/E should be a study hall or just a free time. Kids should have time and study before a test or be able to get homework done. I think if you are done with everything you should be able to hang out with friends.

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1) Who should get more time because some people have to come to the other side of the building and if people are walking slow then and you cant walk around that is not fair to the people that are on the other side of the building and cant to there class on time

2) I think that we should be able to use our phone because lets say we have no missing work some decent grades that is why think I having your phone at lunch is good

3) I think that waking up at like 5:30 is rough for kids because most of there lives have been waking up like 8:30 and start school on 9:30 that is why i think we should start school. THIERNO BANGOURA

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Three things I would change about school

1. would be a longer lunch time because it take's a long time to even get the lunch and by the time you do lunch is already almost over and you dont have any time to eat.

2. I would change dress code because about 75% of dress code is targeted towards girls and when a girl is wearing a sleeveless shirt they are told to "dress down" and that "there asking for it" but when a boy wheres the same thing nobody says anything about it. In elementary school girls are taught to dress down because boys cant control there actions instead of teaching boys to control the way the see a women.

3. No more alexs and IXL because the are worth to many points and bring down the students grade a lot when it might not be there fault. For example some one might have a lot of pressure on there shoulders like maybe having to take care of there little siblings and not having time or even being just a little bit away from the goal and getting an F because of it.

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i think they should start school lat becaues we need more time to sleep.

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Three things that i would change about school and why?

1. dress code i feel like the dress code is too strict, for girls we should be able to at least show a little bit of our stomuach also i feel like we should be able to wear pj pants because some people dont have any pants to wear. there should be no problem wearing them cause at the end of the day there just normal pants.

2. Phones, i think that we should be able to go on our phones when we have free time or at lunch because, most of the apps we want to be on, our computar has blocked.

3. switching classes, i think we should have more time about 4 minutes because sometimes pepople just walk really slow, for example i have to walk from the music room to my math class withch is on the other side of the building and i feel like its not fair how i get a negative for being late when i try not to be

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3 things I would change about school:

1. First I would take of IXL an ALEKS for a few reasons, number 1 is that kids have a lot of work on their shoulders and homework, and projects. They're only enough for us to handle and ALEKS should not take like 50% of your grade because it wouldn't be fair to people who already have enough to deal with.

2. Less strict dress codes, yes I understand about Mr. Toosons reasons, but it's still unfair. A lot of guys show their shoulders and legs but girls get dresscoded a lot. It's really confusing. " It would be distracting for the guys and boys would get attracted. " Who is attracted to kneecaps and shoulders?

3. Phones for I/E and lunch. It would be fair since its a break and free time for us and we could have fun.

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the number one thing i would change about school is the start time i think we should start later BC studies shows that kids need more sleep that is just how our brain functions.

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1. More time switching classes because the hallways are always full of people and it's hard to make it to classes, and the school is too big.

2. Unblocked websites, there are too many unblocked websites and sometimes we need to go to websites but they are locked.

3. Eating outside of the cafeteria (only for responsible people), some people don't like to eat in the cafeteria becasue they are to loud.

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1) Who should get more time because some people have to come to the other side of the building and if people are walking slow then and you cant walk around that is not fair to the people that are on the other side of the building and cant to there class on time

2) I think that we should be able to use our phone because lets say we have no missing work some decent grades that is why think I having your phone at lunch is good

3) I think that waking up at like 5:30 is rough for kids because most of there lives have been waking up like 8:30 and start school on 9:30 that is why i think we should start school.

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Things I would change about school.

1. I think we should be able to have more time between class because we have 2 floors.

2. Lets us use our phone on fun day Friday if we were good and that way you guys would have a more better beveling kids .

3. better food for lunch sometimes it is really bad.

4. Dress code. it doesn't make sense

5. schools start at 8. ends at 1:30

6. don't block every thing

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1. I think that they should let us use our phones during lunch because we do nothing there expect for eating.

2. I think the school should start around 8:00 or 9:00 AM so we can have enough sleep in the morning.

3. I think the dress code needs to be changed because the girl dress is strict but boys are not like it doesn't make sense.

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Three things I would change

1. More time switching classes because the hallways are always full of people and it's hard to make it to classes, and the school is too big.

2. Unblocked websites, there are too many unblocked websites and sometimes we need to go to websites but they are locked.

3. Eating outside of the cafeteria (only for responsible people), some people don't like to eat in the cafeteria becasue they are to loud.

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3 things I would change about my school is:

1) Having a period where we get to go to are friends and hang out because we don't have recess every day.

2) School at 7 because it to early

3) The things you get suspended for because it could affect your after school life because collages and jobs might not see why you got suspended and just say no because they saw a suspension.

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1. I would allow phone during ie or lunch because student might to call a family member or need help

2. schools should start at 10:00 so we can can get ready

3. no blocked games during IE

Rishu

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Three things I would change about school and why.

1. I would change how easily you can get suspend being disrespectful to a teacher is a big thing but not worth suspension. Suspension is very serious to some and can get put on there record. And most jobs don't like disrespectful beings so that's not a good thing.

2.I would change the dress code. I would only change the rules about the jeans. Because the whole above the knee thing is so unreal and getting dress coded is lame.

3. The amount of time to change classes because it's hard to get in front of slow people and get to the other side of the building.

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1 I think that school should start later because we all need to sleep more.

2 More free time/going outside

3 getting lunch outside

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1. Spend money on better computers because most kids have low quality computers.

2. we should make a weight room class for kids serious about sports and school but only if you have the grades to do it and the strength to push yourself through pain.

3. I think the start time should be later because we are kids why is it so early for us but for the high schoolers on wednesday it starts at around 10 o'clock and they still end at the same time.

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School changes-

1: They need to change the amount of time between classes because it take a long time to get from the gym or music rooms if you other class is on the other side of the building about 5 minutes.

2: They should have a rule so if you are done in I/E with all your work you can go down to the gym and they can have a teacher from lunch duty and switch everyday.

3: They need to let us order food from places if we don't feel like getting lunch but they need to order it in advance about 3rd period if you are in 7th and 4th if you are in 8th.

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1. Allow phones to be used during free time .

2. School starts later like at 8:15-9:00 cause nobody wants to wake up at 5-6 in the morning.

3. More language class options

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3 things id change is:

1. More time between classes. About 4 minutes. This is because some people have to go the auditorium then to a class on the opposite side of the whole building. And the three minutes is not enough to get there.

2.IXL and Aleks should be worth less points. IXL and Aleks is doing nothing but bringing down a lot of people's grades. If you ask someone who has a low grade in math, they would 95 percent of the time say its because of Aleks.

3.Stop giving work after a assignment is done. Give students free time after completing their assignment. I think this should be implemented because if a student works hard and turns in a assignment that meets the criteria early, then why punish them with more, extra work that wont even affect their grade?

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1.I would change dress code i feel like dress code is stricter for girls than boys so like make it equal

4. I would make it so we have more time in between classes i think this because there are a lot of people in the hallway so it is crowded and people are pushing so it gonna take longer to get to your classroom

3.I would make it so we can have our phones but you can only have you phones out at lunch or if you finish your and you have no missing work that class and you have a decent grade in that class and when i mean decent i mean like a b or higher

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3 things I would change about school is :

1) Change the time for switching classes. I think we should have at least 5 minutes to go to each class because of how big the school is. For example, it would take at least 4 minutes for a student to go to the second floor from the gym. The hallways could also be packed with a lot of students, making it harder to make it to class.

2) I would change the way the teachers would teach. Instead of just standing in front of the screen and talking about the topic, there should be a fun way of learning it so the kids could have fun and not be bored. This could also help the students learn more better and become smart.

3) I think we should have our phones out during I/E. I/E is usually the time to study, but we should also have some free time by watching our phones. We could have some time to not think about school and just have some free time.

-Julianna Routh

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There are three major things that I would change about our school!

1. The computers are very low quality and almost hundreds of students are saying that their computers are boring. Like me for example my mouse works and not work whenever it wants too. Whenever i ask the office they tell me to put it on the list but when I ask my teacher they say later and never do it. That's not helpful at all.

2. IXL and ALEKS shouldn't be here for many reasons. they add a bunch of stress to students for them to complete them. At the same time they don't even help with the curriculum. They just type a bunch of stuff showing the problem but never really teach it. i can't understand something I don't know. It's very annoying and just weird.

3. Make settings unblocked because we have the right to check settings and check for updates. It's not fair just because we are kids we are denied basic human rights. Its not fair to literally not be able to access settings. Its literally for the computer. It's not fair. WE ARE HUMANS TOO!!!

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Three things that I would change about school

1. For starters, I would change the time school starts to make it start later. I know that in order for everyone to get to school on time, including the elementary schoolers, the buses have to have a set time for pick up but it would be nice if we got to get to school just a little bit later, even if it's only by a little.

2. I would change the fact that we can't have phones out at lunch. I think that just because people last year's group was misusing this privilege, they should've at least given this years group a chance to see if we could be responsible enough.

3. UNBLOCK CERTAIN WEBSITES. If students are done with their work and have completed all there is to be completed then I believe we should be allowed to be on something like Poki. If the teacher doesn't want us to be on games then they should be able to PERSONALLY block it. Instead of the school blocking it for everyone, teachers should determine if they should allow it.

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1. Phones we should be able to have our phones out at lunch and in the hallway during class switch then when we are learning we can put it away.

2. I/e should be a free period its just there and we get no grade for it and it doesn't impact anything for school

3. We should only have gym as a special because if you ask anybody whats your favorite special they would say gym

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Three things I would change about our school and why

1. The first thing i would change is our starting time because I feel like waking up at like 5-6 is too early and it's still dark so i think we should change the time.

2. The second thing I would change is that we should be able to have our phone out If we are done with the work and have extra time we should be able to watch our phones in class.

3. the third thing I would change is that we should be able to have a snack during class because if we are really hungry during class we can't focus and that leads to worst grades and that leads to us having a bad mood in class.

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1. I think the school should let us use any of our electronics at lunch because there isn't any reason for us not to have it. There is no learning during lunch so we should be able to have internet access.

2. I/E should be a free period because we don't get any free periods or breaks during the day. It will also be good for our mental health to get a break instead of class to class. It will help us focus better if we get to socialize freely for a little bit.

3. I think there should be 5 or 4 minutes in between classes instead of 3. 3 minutes in between classes is not a lot of time especially for people who have to walk across the entire school. For example, I go from Mr. Harlow's class to Mr.Horn's class. I walk as fast as I can and can still never make it on time. Another reason it should be 5 minutes is because we don't get a break during the day so the least the administration can do is give us 1 to 2 extra minutes.

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Things I would change about our school

1. I think that we should have atleast be able to have our phones out at lunch because lunch is our only free time during the day and it would be a brain break for us.

2. I would like school to start any time after 8 because we are still very young kids and not many of us get enough sleep and rest and the teachers too as well, many people have to wake up at around 5 so they can be able to get ready.

3. I also think that we should also have more exclusive lunches instead of having this unhealthy food we have everyday because there are kids who cannot eat the certain foods we have due to their religion , or medical conditions and they dont want to have to wake up early to pack their lunches and it is also a waste of money having to buy things for lunch for just a week and having to buy things again.

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What I would change about our school is...

1. School dress code isn't as strict, because whatever a person feels comfortable in is what they should be able to learn. This can create a better learning environment since everyone is comfortable and if they are distracted by others they should be taught to focus on themselves.

2. Phones should be allowed during lunch. I understand not being able to have them while in class because they are an obvious distraction, but there shouldn't be anything wrong with free time during lunch and I.E.

3. IXL and ALEKS shouldn't have to be done for a grade. Although they are great to help with subjects in school the teachers already teach what they need, and I.E should be to finish work not to do practice in most likely a unit you are not in right now.

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1. I would Allow Phone during Lunch because there isn't much of a reason that students shouldn't be allowed to have it during a period where they aren't focused on an actual subject.

2. I would have school start 30 minutes later and end 30 minutes later because it is important for teenagers especially students who started hitting puberty to get plenty of sleep in order for their brain to function during the day.

3. Allow more after school activities such as chess club, personal band practice, etc.

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1. I think that we should be allowed to use our phones during lunch, because there is nothing at lunch that we should be paying attention to, so the phone isn't distracting us from anything.

2. We should have fun things or events at the end of every month. We should because I think it will be a bigger thing to stop demerits because you wouldn't be allowed to get that many in that time period.

3. Aleks and Ixl should not be required as a grade. They should be something just for practice, so that we can do missing work or other actual important things in IE.

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1. They should make school start later , like at 8:25 and get out at the same time we do now. Also because my sleep schedule is not very good because I play sports and other people do and they get back home late plus they have homework to do.

2. They should first allow the student to eat in class with three strikes but when the teachers find food then and only then it will stop.

3. We should not have to do ALEKS because not everyone is learning from it and it keeps getting harder. plus it stresses some people out because some people out plus it's boring. NICK SAUNDERS

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Three things I would change about School

1. starting school later, i feel as if everyone has slept enough they'd have a longer attention span. Also they'd be less likely to fall asleep in class.

2. No phones at lunch, I feel like its fair if we can use our phone at lunch cause all we do there is eat.

3. Make Spotify unblocked. No explanation other than its music....

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1. We should start school at 8:25. I think that we should start school later because teenagers need their sleep. I feel like if we started school later people wouldn't be falling asleep in class. Sometimes kids have really busy days with sports and stuff and they don't get back until late at night then you have to wake up at 5-5:30.

2. We should be able to have our phones out when we are done with all of our work or when we are at lunch/IE. I feel like this should be allowed because when you're finished with your work you have nothing really to do, and at lunch we are just eating.

3. Lastly, we should unblock sites that are appropriate because we don't need everything blocked even if we need it for school things. We should have more flexibility with what's blocked and not blocked. I feel like only inappropriate things should be blocked not random things.

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1. Have phones out at lunch because all we do at lunch is eat or have it out when it is free time

2. Wake up more later because everyone is tired so if we wake up later everyone will have more energy and be more active so it should start at something like 8:00 or more

3. Unblocked things that are appropriate like games so we can play and also be able to play games when we are done with work

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What are THREE things you'd change about our school and why?

1. One of the things I would allow us to change for our school is allowing phones in the cafeteria for lunch. I say this because it let's students take a break from school and enjoy themselves and study show that when you take a break for a period of time it can energize your brain to focus on new topics.

2. Another thing I would change is having the LHMS start later. I understand that it would be a struggle to reorganize the schedule but it is really hard waking up so early and focusing on your first period. It can even have a higher chance on lowering your grades and performance since we are still tired.

3. Lastly, better school lunches. Our lunch is not good as well as not having any nutritional value. Kids may often skip lunch so in this case add vending machines. We could raise a fundraiser for our lunches or a campaign at least. This could help raise a lot of money since parents especially would support this and it will ONLY go towards school lunches.

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Well, where do i begin

1.( MAKE IT START LATER!

I have to wake up at 5:30 for school, and I have math for the first period. So after an hour bus ride, my brain is not ready to do algebra or whatever it is.

2. No Homework

Besides studying there should be no homework. We spend an hour learning the stuff, and then by the time you get home you have forgotten everything, then you spend the rest of the night figureing it out.

3. make us learn things we will actually use. Unless you're becoming some boring museum expert, we are never going to have to know about the fact that people used to kiss thomas beckets skull. make us learn about how to get a steady job or something.

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Things i would change

-I would make class start earlier and have a wider window to not be late. Maybe 1st period starts at 8:20 and ends at 9:17 so people don't feel exhausted and don't feel as stressed to get there on time.

- Remove the requirements of Alex/Ixl for kids with grades above 85%. It doesn't even help and is completely unnecescary.

- Allow phones In IE if the student doesn't need to do IXL/Alex or homework. They would need proof they have absolutely no work, they still can't talk

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Things I would change.....

1. I would have better lunch with the lunch we have its not liked by many people its just over all does not taste good and most of the time the later lunches have to eat the colder food which makes it even worse.

2. Unblock websites that do not have anything to do with something bad I have needs to get on websites to look something up for projects and they are all blocked which makes it 10 times harder to do my work.

3. I would change our school to start at 8:30. Waking up at 5 in the morning does not make anyone wanna go to school if anything it makes people skip school and be absent because it's too early in the morning to wanna do anything.

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3 Things to Change about the school

1. Bullying: People bulling and it's not nice. (typical response)

2. Littering: Who wants to walk around on trash? Not me.

3. More Projects: More fun projects make things fun.

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IE time I think it should be a free 30 minutes to relax maybe check our phones and just talk to are friends

IXL and ALEX we are supposed to do these but we have so much other work like Alex im am suppose to have 300 lessons but there is no point it doesn't help you learn and I dont have enough time to do them anyway.

And last I think we should not have 7 period and only have 6. I dont think we need to have specials other than gym because it is required by law. I dont think we need music or something like that because im not intrested in it at all. That would make the day one hour shorter and a lot easier on students.

AJKC

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1. School starts later in the day- School should start at 8:15 so that kids who go to bed late can get enough sleep.

2. Phones can be out during lunch- We should be allowed to have fun at lunch and have free time.

3. Stop making the school so cold because one person is hot- I remember that one of my teacher said she was hot. My nails were literally turning blue bc it was so cold.

4. Be able to wear hoods and hats- I should be able to warm myself up when I'm cold.

5. 5/5- We should be able to go to the bathroom in the first and last 5 minutes when it is necessary.

6. Some teachers don't really help you when you don't understand the unit

7. Allow snacks in the classroom- What if a student doesn't have enough money for lunch and all they have is food from breakfast, they should be able to eat if they are hungry.

8. Unblock sites that are appropriate- you have no business blocking pinterest

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I would change.....

1. I would let us have our phones out at lunch as long as we are actually eating our food. The high school already allows their students so why can't we. This also would give us a brain break from learning, also some people don't have any friends in their lunch and have no one to talk to meaning it would give them something to do after they finish eating.

2. We should start school any time after 8 o'clock and end at 2 o'clock. Someone like me takes 50 minutes everyday to get ready and that depends if I'm doing my hair. If I'm doing my hair that means it would take about an hour and 15 minutes. This makes me have to wake up before 5:30 am and it is very stressful.

3. We should have more time in-between classes. Some students have to travel across the school and up stairs which takes way more than 3 minutes. This causes stress and is annoying when you are late even though you would have to run if you wanted to get to class on time. Also the hall sweeps. They go off before the bell which makes no sense because it's already hard enough to get to class let alone before the bell.

-Emily M.

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Things I would change about our school

1. ALEKS and IXL shouldn't be required. Its understandable for teachers to assign it for homework but instead of doing ALEKS and IXL for IE, we should be allowed to use it as a study period. It isn't that necessary and it puts stress and pressure on students who need to get a certain amount done.

2. Phone passes. Most teachers should be allowed to give out phone passes for students to use. Some people can focus better when watching a show or listening to their own playlist. This can entertain students and even reduce horseplay because they are distracted by their phone.

3. Starting and ending school later. This would not only benefit productivity, but it can also benefit mental health. Waking up at 5 - 6 am is too early for kids. Studies have shown that teenagers' brains don't completely function until 9 am.

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3 things I would change about school:

Unblocking non-inappropriate websites on the Chromebooks or letting us use our phones at lunch; there is no learning to be done during lunch, so why can't we have relatively unrestricted internet access?

The starting time; it is way too early, and some people have to wake up at 4 or 5 in the morning which isn’t good for your body. Teenage circadian rhythms lean more towards going to bed late and sleeping in, meaning sometimes it will be difficult to sleep or you may wake up feeling tired because you got no quality sleep, even though you got 7-8 hours.

The workload around breaks; advanced students especially have unrealistic amounts of work, with exams, assessments for the end of a unit, and extra homework to make sure we finish whatever we're doing in class.

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1.What i would change about school is the some of the food the school serves us. i say this because almost all the food we eat is pretty nasty((excluding a few) i get that some schools dont have the money or some schools dont have the time to do that but i think that school could make an effort to serve something like a simple non nasty looking burger

2. Breakfast is a big part of anybody's day to day living. You wake up eat a balanced breakfast and move on to the rest of the day. The thing I want to change is our breakfast. I say this because of all the sugary food they give us like pop tarts cream filled pastry's and etc. It would be nice to have a sorta balance to our meals in the morning so that way we arent to hyper or tired later in the day or early in the morning.

3. Gogaurdian is a good app to keep students in check but gogaurdian is REALLY stupid. i say this because you could go to a harmless game website and get blocked the second you get onto it. But you could go into a adult website and be perfectly ok. i think we should have times that we are allowed on our chrome books(ofc we still need a app to monitor us) In different classes we have different websites we can use and maybe free time for good behavior

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1. Changing the times to 8:15 as the start of the school day this gives more time for the student to be able to sleep. Having to wake up and leave for school at 5 o' clock, 6:30 etc. Is not good for a child's brain and there is research that even proves that theory. So having school start at 8:15 gives another hour for the students and that hour could mean a lot.

2. Being able to have our phones out at certain times when allowed by the teacher (lunch more imortantly). Exp: After doing all the work for the class day the teacher said we could be on our phones for 10 minutes and such.

3. Having a less strict dresscode. I understand like not being able to wear very short things but being dress coded just because my shorts do not exactly reach my finger tips is ridiculous. Many of the majority brands today just sell certain things more on the shorter side I would say especially shorts.

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1. Increase time between classes. From a personal standpoint, I go from band directly to stem upstairs and it's really hard to not be late. Students shouldn't get demerits because of far classes.

2. Phones should be allowed in I/E. I/E is basically a free period and allowing phones makes sense.

3. No homework. Homework is proven to do nothing but cause students more stress.

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1. School starts at 7:30 and Ends at 2:30 because im not trying to wake up at 5:30 get ready, go to the bus, and get at school at 7

2. Phones out at lunch, Its lunch were just eating and talking so we might as well get our phones out

3. IE is a free period and we can have our phones out

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1. Start of school

The reason why i believe the start time should be late is because it is scientifically proven that teenagers work better at a later time. The best schools in ohio start after 8:30 am because the kids are able to fully function at that time. If the school wants to become a STEM school, they need the students to get better grades, and I dont think anyone has the brain cells to function math at 7 in the morning.

2. Phone rules

I believe that the phone rules in this school are absurd. The reason why the kids in this school continuously do bad things is because they have absolutely no trust in this school due to all of these strict rules. I think we should be able to have our phones out during specific times, like if we have all of our work done, or just a movie day.

3. Bell Time

I think that the amount of time we get in between bells is insanely short. Imagine trying to get from music to Ms. Martin's class with a backpack that weighs about 7 pounds. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. On top of that, if you are late , you get a demerit. I am lucky enough to say that I don't have classes that are too far from each other, but some kids do. Therefore, I think that we should get about 4 minutes in between classes.

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1. We should be able to have our phones out at ie and lunch because we dont really do anything in those classes.

2. There should be more electives to choose from so students can have options.

3. The time the bell rings because depending on what classes you have it can take a while and the halls are very crowded too.

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Things I would change about our school

1. ALEKS and IXL shouldn't be required. Its understandable for teachers to assign it for homework but instead of doing ALEKS and IXL for IE, we should be allowed to use it as a study period. It isn't that necessary and it puts stress and pressure on students who need to get a certain amount done.

2. Phone passes. Most teachers should be allowed to give out phone passes for students to use. Some people can focus better when watching a show or listening to their own playlist. This can entertain students and even reduce horseplay because they are distracted by their phone.

3. Starting and ending school later. This would not only benefit productivity, but it can also benefit mental health. Waking up at 5 - 6 am is too early for kids. Studies have shown that teenagers' brains don't completely function until 9 am.

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1. Later start times would help kids not being so tired all the time and most kids have extracurricular that involve them getting home late.

2. Longer times between classes would help because sometimes you have to run if you have a class across the building or even upstairs.

3. Phones out at reasonable times like lunch/IE this would help to give kids a fun thing to do if they are finished with their works and it would keep them secretly off their phones.

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1. Make Go Guardian less strict because I think that too many websites are blocked even if they aren't games.

2. School starts later like at 9 am because school starts very early and most people have to wake up when it's around 5 am which can make people very tired. Studies also show that kids should not start school this early.

3. I would change the time in between classes because when I had music my next class was up stairs and it was hard to make it in time.

Mekdes B

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What Are Three Things You'd Change About Our School?

Phone Usage

1. We could be able to use our phones during appropriate times, such as during recess or lunch, because it is free time. This can allow students to unwind and relax their brains from our hard work.

Starting Time

2. We should start school slightly later, at around 8-9 o clock, because when we wake up earlier, it causes our minds to be less focused, and this could cause a lack of engagement in our studies.

Snack Time

3. We should be allowed to eat snacks during class with permission, because there could possibly be someone who is hungry and isn't able to focus.

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What I would change about the school.

1. I would change the time that we start school because children need more sleep to help boost their morale and health.

2. I would allow students to have their electronic devices out during the end of class and as a reward.

3. I would like to have a better dress code for the reason that I believe that half of the rules are ridiculous. Also who cares about what someone is whereing .

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1. The school can be at least a little later so students don't fall asleep.

2. I.E. should be used for a study hall so students can get more class work done and study for quizzes and tests.

3. Students shouldn't have to do IXL or ALEKS because it can be stressful and many students don't do it.

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What are three things you'd change about our school? List and explain!

1. Starting time, we have to get up very early just to come to school and learn a few things. The starting time should be at least 8:00 or 8:30.

2. Phones should be allowed during I.E, lunch, and when we get our work done in classes. This is much more fair than having no phones out.

3. Too many blocked websites, this is preventing us from browsing things we need for our classwork.

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1. Dress code girls should not have to change their clothes if boys are almost never distracted. Also you never know what if those are there only clothes. Its crazy to me that were teaching YOUNG GIRLS to cover up for boys.

2. School lunch I understand that it wont be easy but their should be a decent school lunch for kids who can't afford the normal. Frankly for me this has never been a issuses but many other kids cannot say the same.

3. More time for the class changing I can't get to third period on time becuase we to be frank don't have enough time.

-layla P

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3 things i would change about our school:

1.) Phones, We should only be allowed to use after work is finished.

2.) Better WiFi, better WiFi will get work done faster as we would not need to wait for assignments to load.

3.) Later start time, kids would be more well rested and ready to learn that if we started as early as we do now.

-Grace K

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1. School starts at 7:30 and Ends at 2:30 because im not trying to wake up at 5:30 get ready, go to the bus, and get at school at 7

2. Phones out at lunch, Its lunch were just eating and talking so we might as well get our phones out

3. IE is a free period and we can have our phones out

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1. Have phones allowed on our free time and if the student has not gotten a single negative the entire week.

2. School lunch because it is disgusting to some students

3. Let some students sleep in class if they have most of their work turned in because students can't fully operate for the entire school day which is about 7-8 hours. I find it outrageous why we have to wake up at the crack of dawn and people wonder why we never give classes our all.

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Phone during ie bc its not like im doing anything important anyway

Better food or more bc i get hungry

Later start times bc i cant focus during 1st thru like 3rd period since im so tired

-Ben Asfaw

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1. I would change the bell schedule from 7:15 to 9:30 - 2:30. This is because we are middle schoolers why are we waking up to early...

2. snacks because we get hungry sometimes?..

3. crazy dresscode, If my outfit is so "distracting" Maybe teach these kids not to get distracted over shoulders. Not saying you should be aloud to wear a bathing suit, but a shoulder? Ridiculous.

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1 I would make the schools a different time since kids our age should not be waking up that early

2 Change some of the dress code because it is pretty strict

3 Make phones allowed as a reward or doing lunch

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I would change...

1. School hours are 9:00am-2:00pm because then students wouldn't be sleeping in class all the time

2. Allow phones for I/E or Lunch as a reward if students are following the 3 Be's

3. Students can create their own schedule so they can choose things that they will actually enjoy and will want to come to school for.

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1. I would let us have our devices out during lunch or free time, so then, we could look forward to our devices after we do our work.

2. School starting time later than 7:15 so then, we have more time to get our things.

3. Allowing us to retake or change elective classes, because, the class last semester was fun/your friend is in the other class or have a free period that we don't have to do work in (study hall)

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What would i change about the school?

1) instead of doing one elective once a semester there should be a choice to be able to pick whatever you want and either have it for a year long elective or semester long. And more elective options.

2) School starting a little later then usual like 10 or 9 as in the morning it i hard to pay attention because you woke up not that long ago.

3)Having phones out during appropriate times like I/E, recess, lunch (only if you don't have a certain amount of negatives and demerits as a way to stop demerits/negative going out more.

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1.Allow phones to be used in ie, lunch and freetime because phones make us more active which is good for learning.

2. Allow us the eat gum because it helps us concentrate and focus when doing work or a test.

3. And make the schedule 9:30 to 3:00 so we can actually get sleep and be ready for school and also not have to be in a rush half of the time.

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1. School starts at 9:30 instead of earlier than that.

2. More food options. For picky people and or people who can't have the lunch that's being served.

3. Phones allowed during IE. Just because IE is really just a free period.

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1. Phones are allowed out during lunch and Ie you are not doing any work during lunch and everyone needs a break.

2. Allowed to eat during class. You can focus better when you are not hungry

3. School should start at 8:00 and end at 2:45. you need sleep and if you have something the day before school you do not want to be tired for school.

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1.Cut school time by a half and hour I think we should do this because we can then start later and get more sleep.

2.Better food and have chefs so we don't throw up I think that we should get better food so we can focus and with that food we can get better grades,

3.I think we should have a phone time every Tuesday,Thursday, and Friday for the last 10 minutes of class so we can feel more engaged with work.

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1) School starts later so we get more sleep and aren't tired.

2) If work is finished we can sleep, we aren't doing anything anyways.

3) Make sure that busses don't speed through neighborhoods and wait about 1 minute for the students.

sam mccann

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1. START TIMES

I think we should start school at 9:15 because people would not be late and would have more energy for school.

2. HOUR LONG LUNCH

These lunch periods will make time for kids to socialize instead of work all the time.

3. BETTER SCHOOL LUNCHES

Kids would enjoy school more knowing they would have a good meal that wont make there stomach rumble.

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What are three things you'd change about our school?

3 things I were to change about our school if I had the opportunity to do so I would:

1. Have a free period - I would make a free period because we need a break to socialize and the "free period ¨ we have now, is used to do even more work

2. Minimize the amount of homework that is to be allowed to give to students - I would minimize this because if we are learning something in class already and go over the lesson, we shouldn't have to do 12 different problems to prove we can do it

3. Add more sports - I would change this because many different sports are not included in middle school but they are in high school, everyone should get a change to involve themselves in the sports they love most

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1. Phones in lunch and Ie BEcause we do not do really anything in Ie so why not be allowed to be on are phones.

2.You can eat food and candy in class if you are hungray Since we wake up so early.

3.Later start times start at 8:15 and on Wednesday Late start does not start till 10:15

We should not have to wake up earlyer than the highschoolers we need more sleep because we are still growing

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What would I change about school?- Madeline Brunenkant

1: First of all I would change our start time. It's bad enough that we have to spend almost our entire day in school but making us come early just makes it rougher. It is also proven that waking up early continuously is bad for mental and physical health, and it is especially important for teens to get enough sleep.

2: I would allow a period where kids could just socialize. Being socialized as a child is important for your health and helping you survive in society, currently we rarely get to talk to each other.

3:Finally I would allow food in class. Most students are often hungry in class and this may cause then to not focus, lowering their grades.

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What i would change

1. I would change the start time and end time. I would make it start later and end sooner I feel like we have too much time especially with some of the teachers that just yap on for the whole hour (Stem)

2. Being able to have phones out in case something important happens just not during tests

3. Also more options to pick from stem and career both seem boring and i dont wanna take annother laungage

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1 - allow phones to be used during free time but with a restriction because sometimes we need a little break.

2 - change school hours to maybe a little later because i think waking up at around 5-6 is too much.

3 - more class options would make school more fun

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allowed to have phone in ie and lunch, school at 9:30 and ends at 3:00 because i need sleep, and to be able to eat gum or food.

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1. School starts later so we have more energy to work in classes

2. Better food so we can actually eat lunch...

3. Create our own schedules fully so we can have some classes with our friends.

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1. School Starting time changes to 8:10🤔

2. Better school food! (i personally do not like food that was made from a dumpster)😋

3. Do not block every website😡

Fun Fact: You read this whole thing in your head

😂

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1. having phones out is allowed all times

2. not having 7 classes instead have 5 a day

3. school starts at 8:00, ends at 1:00

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1. Change the time between classes to 4 minutes so people can get to class on time.

2. Phones during free time ie and lunch so people can text people at home or freinds in lunch

3. be able to finish lunch in certain classes but you have to clean up the lunch and any made mess.

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Here's what I would change

We should be able to eat in class because if your hungry your hungry

We should be allowed to have our phones out AS LONG as we are not doing anything

We should start later so we are not tired

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1: We should be allowed to eat in class

2: We should be allowed to use our phone in IE or Lunch

3: No school when it snows

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allow more "aggressive" sports, 10am-3pm school hours, more than two options in cafeteria.

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1. School starts later like 9:00 so I cannot be tired

2. Eat in class so you are not hungry and can focus

3. Different classes for more options

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1. let us use our phones during recess or lunch if we behave

2. change the dress code because some of the dress code doesn't make any sense

3. more language classes

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1. Allow people to take electives more than once because they might not want to do it again.

2. Allow phones when not doing work because its not being disruptive.

3. Make school start late so we can be ready.

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1. No school when it snows because the road might be icey.

2. You should be able to eat in class because you are hungry.

3. You can get our phones out in class because it can be boring in class sometimes.

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3 things i would change about our school would be.....

1) device could be allowed at certain times or allowed to be used as an incentive.

2)Change the time to when school starts. 7:15 is way too early.

3)Food is allowed in class as long as it does not cause a distraction or a mess.

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3 things I would change:

1. Phones are allowed for when you are done with anything, and also used for educational purposes.

2. In I/E we should have study halls all week rather than ixl days and aleks days. It would be more beneficial for people who need to study or do homework.

3. They should unblock music websites like spotify or pandora, since youtube may not be the most reliable source of music at times.

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1. better wi-fi to make it easier to work on school work

2. More options for classes so students can have various of options

3. Later school start times

Visualize you are awake at ten o’clock p.m and your mother tells you to go to bed. You yearn to say that you are not tired, but you know better than to mess with your mother, so you go to bed. However,  you can’t sleep. You toss and turn for what feels like hours before you fall asleep. When you wake up to the sound of your alarm in the morning, you feel so tired that it feels unattainable to even move. Though, you get up anyway because you can’t afford to be late. Once you arrive at school, you feel so tired that you can’t pay attention at all. This is the reality for most children. Having later school start times will help many students in many different ways. It will help in ways like enhancing student health and grades.

First of all, later school start times should be emplaced because it advances students’ overall health. The web page states, “As children progress into their teenage years, they experience delayed patterns of melatonin secretion and a slower buildup of homeostatic sleep pressure during wakefulness. These changes reflect a delayed circadian rhythm that contributes to later sleep onset and later morning awakening, with teenagers typically struggling to fall asleep before 11:00 PM. The AASM recommends that teenagers 13 to 18 years of age should sleep 8 to 10 hours per 24 hours on a regular basis to promote optimal health” (Watson). This presents that students need 8-10 hours of sleep to accommodate their delayed circadian rhythm.  The article suggests, “With later school start times, students can accommodate their natural sleep-wake times—going to sleep past 11 pm and waking up around 8 or 9 a.m. Sufficient sleep times give the body more time to repair and restore itself, benefiting the immune system, muscle recovery, athletic performance, and reducing daytime sleepiness” (Wall). This displays that to meet optimal health, schools must start later. In summary, if school starts later, it increases students' overall health.

Secondly, later school start times improve student grades. The text states, “Countless studies have shown that early school start times are associated with students getting less sleep, which negatively affects student academic performance. Students with less sleep have difficulty paying attention in class and are likely to have lower grades. They may also experience irritability and fatigue” (Suni). This demonstrates that having early school start times negatively affects students' ability to learn and get passing marks. The website states, “Among students whose start times were delayed, final grades were 4.5 percent higher, compared with students who took the class when school started earlier” (Walker). This confirms that when later school start times are emplaced students have higher grades. Thus, later school start times improve academic grades.

One might object that later school start times harm low-income families.  The article claims, “´It will also be a major problem for students who work after school to financially help their families,´ Rodriguez Torres said” (Nelson). Nevertheless, the child’s health should always come first. David George states, “Ohio lawmakers recently introduced a bill to require that all public schools start at 8:30 a.m. or later.” (George). This shows that even the state of Ohio believes that there should be a later school start time emplaced and that it can benefit students.

In conclusion, later school start times improve the health and grades of students. Students need 8-10 hours of sleep that adjusts to their delayed circadian rhythm which they can only achieve if school starts later. Also, students that had school early had negative effects on their grades, and students who started school later had higher grades. The website states, “To be an active, involved learner in the classroom, you need to be well-rested. We are handicapping our kids when we deprive them of sleep with our start-time policies” (Campbell).

Works Cited

Campbell, Leah. “School Starting Times: Earlier Better for Students.” Healthline,

Healthline Media, 20 Aug. 2018,   https://www.healthline.com/health-news/early-school-start-times-bad-for-kids-health.

George, David. “Later School Start Times Debated in Ohio.” School Transportation News,

8 Jan. 2020, https://stnonline.com/special-reports/later-school-start-times-debated-in-ohio/#:~:text=Ohio%20lawmakers%20recently%20introduced%20a,Ohio%20State%20Sen.

Nelson, Joshua. “Later School Start Times Pose Challenges for High School District.”

Santa Maria Times, 3 Jan. 2023, https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/education/later-school-start-times-pose-challenges-for-high-school-district/article_d0913ec6-fe9b-58d7-b657-d0ac386c41e6.html.

Suni, Eric. “How Would Later School Start Times Affect Sleep?” Sleep Foundation, 6 May

2022, https://www.sleepfoundation.org/school-and-sleep/later-school-start-times.

Walker, Tim. “Later School Start Times More Popular, but What Are the Drawbacks?”

NEA, 1 Dec. 2022, https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/later-school-start-times-more-popular-what-are-drawbacks.

Wall, Harrison. “7 Benefits to Starting School Later.” Sleep Junkie, 15 Feb. 2023,

https://www.sleepjunkie.com/benefits-to-starting-school-later/.

Watson, Nathaniel. “Delaying Middle School and High School Start Times Promotes

Student ...” Delaying Middle School and High School Start Times Promotes Student Health and Performance: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Position Statement, 15 Apr. 2017, https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/full/10.5664/jcsm.6558.

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1. 8 hour delay on Wednesday so we have brakes through the week .

2. phones out in Ie because you need brakes in the day

3. you should eat in class because your hungry

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1. school starts at 8:30 so that we won't be tired

2. devices allowed when it is like a fun day on Friday or lunch

3. I would change the lunch food since the food is not that good

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1. Better Lunch, Better lunch would just make me more fast working and engaged so that I could finally go to lunch.

2. More Free Time, I'm not saying that we do like nothing during class but I would want just SOME time to myself.

3. State Tests in Split of in long periods so that were not just sitting down for so long.

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1. Reschedule classes, I WANNA RESCHEDULE MY CLASSES because my classes are boring

2. Let me have classes with my friends, because I'm bored for 70% of my classes excluding this

3. I dont like this zone dismisall we need the old procdeure back

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Three things I would change about are school would be the blocked websites, time to get to and between classes, and drop off rules.

1. I would change the blocked websites to be not blocked automatically, and instead manually.

2. I would change the time to get to classes to be longer because I struggle to get to IE from band.

3. Finally, I would change the drop off rules so that kids can go inside right away instead of waiting in the cold.

A school start time before the sun comes up is equitable to child neglect. An early start time in schools has become common in the US, and many people believe start times should stay early.  However, lots of students, such as myself,  are convinced that schools should not delay start times. School start times must be later.

First, a later school start time would benefit student’s health. The research article  “Is 8:30 a.m. Still Too Early to Start School? A 10:00 a.m. School Start Time Improves Health and Performance of Students Aged 13–16” states “Implementing a 10 a.m. start saw a decrease in student illness after 2 years of over 50%” (Kelley P.,Lockley SW., Kelley J., & Evans MDR). Since a later school start time is proven to reduce illness and therefore improve student’s health, school start times should be delayed. In the CDC article “Schools Start Too Early” it states “Not getting enough sleep is common among high school students and is associated with several health risks including being overweight, drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, and using drugs, as well as poor academic performance. One of the reasons adolescents do not get enough sleep is early school start times.” This proves that early school start times cause insufficient sleep. Since insufficient sleep is connected to health problems, a later school start time would improve students health compared to an early one. An improvement in student’s health is favorable and warrants a later start time. As a later school start time could improve student's health, it is imperative that schools utilize a later start time.

A later school start time also promotes academic performance. A National Education Association article declared that “Among students whose start times were delayed, final grades

were 4.5 percent higher, compared with students who took the class when school started earlier” (Later School Start Times). When later start times were implemented, students’ grades went up, meaning later school start time promotes academic performance. Higher grades are better for schools, so schools must apply later start times. The Learning Liftoff article “Later School Start Times May Improve Academic Performance” reads “While focusing on graduation rates, for instance, before the delayed start time was implemented, 79 percent of students completed high school—shifting to an impressive 88 percent following the alternative start time” (Learning Liftoff). After later start times were introduced, graduation rates went up, suggesting academic performance was promoted by later start times. Considering that both graduation rates and grades were positively affected by delayed start times, research has indicated that a later school start time should be applied.

One might object that a later start time would be too expensive for schools. A ConnectUs article established that “School districts that decide to adopt an early start time can save up to 30% on their transportation costs” (Pros and Cons of Early School Start Times). Even so, a more flexible school budget is not as important as the health and well-being of students, nor is it as important as the graduation rates and performances of students.  To sacrifice the health of students and their academic performance to widen schools’ budgets would be ludicrous, so this argument is inferior.  It also may not be true that a later school start time would be too expensive.  An article published on the website RAND says “From a policy perspective, the study's findings demonstrate the significant economic gains resulting from the delay in school start times over a relatively short period of time following the adoption of the policy change.” A later school start time might actually result in economic gains according to this evidence, in contradiction to the opposing argument’s evidence. Considering that the opposing arguments' evidence may be inaccurate, and how nonsensical it would be to sacrifice health and academic performance for a larger budget, it is clear that this argument is unconvincing and poor.

A later school start time should be implemented in schools. A later start time would assist students’ health and enhance student’s grades in school, but some may say that a delayed start time would be too expensive. However, it may not be too pricey, and it would be unreasonable to forfeit the health of students for money. Due to the health problems early start times cause, and the benefits of later start times, it would be absurd to believe that early start times should continue to mitigate student welfare.

Works Cited

Kelley P, Lockley SW, Kelley J and Evans MDR (2017) Is 8:30 a.m. Still Too Early to Start School?

10:00 a.m. School Start Time Improves Health and Performance of Students Aged 13–16. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 11:588. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00588

“Schools Start Too Early.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 Oct. 2022,

https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/schools-start-too-early.html.

Walker, Tim. “Later School Start Times More Popular, but What Are the Drawbacks? | NEA.”

Www.nea.org, 1 Dec. 2022, www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/later-school-start-times-more-popular-what-are-drawbacks.

Learning-Liftoff-Staff, and Learning Liftoff. “Later School Start Times May Improve Academic

Performance.” Learning Liftoff, 18 Mar. 2019, https://www.learningliftoff.com/later-school-start-times-may-improve-academic-performance/.

“15 Major Pros and Cons of Early School Start Times.” ConnectUS, 18 Sept. 2019,

https://connectusfund.org/15-major-pros-and-cons-of-early-school-start-times.

Hafner, Marco, et al. “Starting School Later Could Boost the Economy.” RAND Corporation, 30 Aug.

2017,

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2109.html

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What are three things you'd change about our school?

1. One thing I would change is the time we have to switch classes. In my opinion it is too short especially if you want to stop at your locker.

2. Another thing I would change is later school times because I have to wake up at 5:30 am to catch the bus even though school starts at 7:15 am.

3. The last thing I would change is a more organized lost and found area so that it is easier to find belongings.