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“It becomes difficult to schedule sports practice and extra-curricular activities.”(MATG)

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"Teenagers need at least 8.5 to 9.25 hours of sleep based on their biological clocks." MATG

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“It becomes difficult to schedule sports practice and extra-curricular activities.” (MATG)

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“A late start time will disrupt parents’ schedules.” (pros and cons of later start times)

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Sleep Foundation Later School Start Times

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Sleep Foundation Later School Start Times

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"boys and girls who enrolled at 10-12 years of age were monitored every year for 5-6 years. While researchers had thought older children would need less sleep during the 10 hour nocturnal window they were given, from 10 pm to 8 am, they found that regardless of age, the children all slept about 9 1/4 of the 10 hours."

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“Research shows that adolescents require at least as much sleep as they did as children, generally 8 1/2 to 9 1/4 hours each night (Carskadon et al., 1980).”(National Sleep Foundation)

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"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." CDC, 2018

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“The consequences of this sleep deprivation are severe, impacting adolescents’ physical and mental health, as well as daytime functioning.” (schoolstarttime.org

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“The consequences of this sleep deprivation are severe, impacting adolescents’ physical and mental health, as well as daytime functioning.” (schoolstarttime.org

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"Teenagers aged 13 to 18 years should regularly sleep 8 to 10 hours per day for good health" - Academy of Sleep Medicine

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"“We urge … school districts to put adolescent students’ health as top priority and implement school start times consistent with their developmental needs.” (SAT).

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elementary schools would start earlier if the high school times are pushed back

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“teens average fewer than 7 hours per school night by the end of high school, and most report feeling tired during the day" (national sleep foundation: Later school start Times)

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“teens average fewer than 7 hours per school night by the end of high school, and most report feeling tired during the day" (national sleep foundation: Later school start Times)

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“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.” (Schools Start Too Early)

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“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.” (Schools Start Too Early)

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Norfolk parents, officials talk pros and cons of school start times ahead of Feb. vote

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Norfolk parents, officials talk pros and cons of school start times ahead of Feb. vote

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“'If school starts later, I have no way of getting her there. I have to find a way to get her there,” parent Mary Cradit said. “I work in Newport News and construction and I have to be at work before 8 a.m.'

Dr. Boone says changing start times would have have a big impact on transportation." (Wavy, 2019)

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“Students at later starting schools get more sleep,  perform better academically, have significantly fewer automobile accidents (the leading cause of death among older teens), report greater motivation and less depression,next exit -- profit experience fewer physical health difficulties, are less likely to be tardy or truant, and more likely to graduate, demonstrate “better performance in attention level, impulsivity, and rate of performance...”

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“Young people who do not get enough sleep night after night carry a significant risk for drowsy driving; emotional and behavioral problems such as irritability, depression, poor impulse control and violence; health complaints; tobacco and alcohol use; impaired cognitive function and decision-making; and lower overall performance in everything from academics to athletics.” (SleepFoundation)