https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e Recently, for example, high schools have begun moving their start times to a later hour in the morning to accommodate these adolescent sleep needs. Schools that have taken this step report better attendance. However, this measure often causes a logistical problem with busing young children in the predawn hours. In addition, later school start times may restrict teens’ abilities to participate in sports or to hold after-school jobs. Nevertheless, the findings from studies of adolescent sleep needs led U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-California) to propose the ZZZ’s to A’s Act in March 2001. The act was designed to encourage school districts to delay school start times until after 9 a.m. by providing federal grants of up to $25,000 to cover the administrative and operating costs associated with making this transition. Do you support such a bill? Do you wish that your schools had started later? What do you see as the pros and cons? en-us 2021-10-26 19:52:57 UTC 2022-11-02 19:01:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f634.png https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846416956 Some places have started transitioning to later than 9am with the help of grants. I think it should be a little later. 9am should be fine to get everything done and for the students to have time for everything else.]]> 2021-10-26 22:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846416956 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846420392 I can see how starting school later could be beneficial especially for when extracurricular activities are going on; however, I think starting at 9 is pretty late in the morning and it would just push everything back even later anyway. So, I’d just keep school starting at like 8 or like 8:15. I feel as though those are good options.]]> 2021-10-26 22:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846420392 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846420767 I think the latest we should start school is 8:30 due to sports. I would get home at 6:30 every night which is late I was almost at school for 12 hours. I do not think 8:30 is that early for school to start. I think an alternative would would shorter school days because an 8 hour day is long for most student. So I would suggest shorter school days and then you could start later and still end by 3:30 ]]> 2021-10-26 22:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846420767 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846420903 I do not think that this would be in the best interest for the high school students because it will just keep pushing back the time for everything else and will still create a shortage of time. It will also allow for less time to do activities besides school and sports like spending time with family and friends. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846420903 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846423240 I agree with it for the health of the students. If schools decided to cut out study period, we would be able to have students and schools start later and have their activities during the study period. I wish they started later because I had games late at night or practice till late and had homework. Starting later would have allowed me to get the sleep I needed. Pros would be kids getting to sleep more. Cons would be getting everyone on board. It would take a lot of work and time. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846423240 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846423265 I believe that school times should be moved back. It doesn't have to be anything dramatic like 10:00 AM, but even just 8:45 AM gives the students that extra bit of sleep. For sports, I would just push them back because they would only run about an hour behind. You could also cut out a period of the day in your schedule to accommodate for this. Or shorten certain class times. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846423265 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424268 I would not support the bill of having school start an hour or so later than 8. Being in sports throughout high school, I would do anything to have an earlier practice and to get it done as early as possible because I had other things to do too. As much as I would love to push school back for an hour or so to sleep in, it would ruin routines and make the day longer for athletes. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424268 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424280 I do not support this because the later the kids get to sleep in, the less they develop a routine of being productive in the morning. After college, we won’t all have the option to start our day at 9 am every morning, and I feel this allows the kids to believe that and get the wrong idea. This also causes other activities to be pushed back which creates a later night for student athletes or those involved in extra curricular activities. From my own experiences, on game days I wouldn’t get home until 9 pm and that’s when we started school at 8:15 in the morning. I think pushing these things back will really affect students because they will be less likely to do school work after they get home, and more likely to spend their morning hours oversleeping or not being productive. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424280 natiliemartensen1 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424325 Yes, I support this bill because I think it would be more beneficial for students. I think that it would allow kids to feel more revived in the morning and in a better mood to learn, rather than being tired and unmotivated. When I was in highschool the start time got moved back 30 minutes and I personally thought it was a good decision. Being a student who lived further away from my school this allowed for me to get more time in the mornings. However, some cons to this is as you said later practices for students in activities and a less flexible schedule for students who have after school jobs. Despite that though I think it could still be manageable. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424325 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424450 If starting school at a later time but still going the full 8 hour length, I personally don’t think this is a good idea due to other extra circular activities and health reasons. Although children may be getting to sleep in, with activities getting pushed even farther back to a later time they wouldn’t be getting home till later. On top of that still needing to get their homework done as well as having a social life. With that said in the end they are still going to most likely get the same amount of sleep as beforehand. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424450 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424509 I feel like students would benefit from that very much, getting that extra hour of sleep. I like the idea of people in sports getting out early to have practice right after school and not having to stay too late. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424509 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424659 Even though I do think students don’t get enough sleep, I don’t think adjusting the time to later is going to do any good. If a student needs more sleep, they should go to bed earlier. For those students who aren’t in sports, they wouldn’t be able to get an after-school job because they’d be stuck in school until businesses were closed, OR they would have to work even later than they already do. If students need to go to bed earlier, there’s other ways to help.
For example:
-get out of practice on time
-don’t give so much homework
-don’t allow school activities to go past 9
There are so many other options that don’t involved a huge change that will affect every school. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424659 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424947 If you think about high school students, a majority of them have things going on starting early in the morning maybe at 6:15am-6:30am. They then have a full day of school and possibly practice or work afterwards. Although starting school an hour later might sound nice, it would through of the routine of the school teachers and students. This would cause probably some late nights and still early mornings, not giving students enough time to work on homework or even relax. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846424947 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846425263 No, I do not support this bill. Parents normally have to be at work at 8AM so it gives them time to drop off their kids and not have a daycare provider for that hour or so before school starts. Also, if they start later, everything goes longer in the day and they do not have time for other "non school" related activities which some families may find very important (religious groups). I think an appropriate time for school to start is around 8AM. It prepares the children/youth for jobs in the later years. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846425263 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846425875 It doesn’t make too much of a difference to me. If it got moved later that time slot could be filled with sports practice early in the morning thus still making kids get up earlier. In my experience I had an extracurricular activity almost every morning before school, sports practice after school, and depending on the time of year musical/play rehearsal after that. (We were always tired and it didn’t matter when school started). For a child who is not involved in anything it sounds like a good plan but for someone who is involved in sports or extracurricular, they would most likely still get up early for various activities whether that be sports or extracurricular. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846425875 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846425893 I think High school hours should be 8-3 because the times where you still have time to get ready in the morning and still have time to do things after school. As for the kids who are in athletics they get to spend their 8th hour class to have practice. If they need to lift weights they can replace P.E. With strength and conditioning class so they don’t have to stay later to lift as well. This gives them time to study and still do home work and not be home so late after school. As for the kids who arnt in sports get a study hall at the end of the day.]]> 2021-10-26 22:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846425893 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846425917 I do not support this bill. The later we start school, the later after school activities will be. I would personally rather start early and go home early than start late and go home late. I think 8 is a good time to start because most jobs start this time and school is like our “job”.]]> 2021-10-26 22:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846425917 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846426053 I think that it would be nice to start later in the day, for sleeping in and traffic wouldn’t be as bad later in the morning. But for kids who are extra curricular, they would get home later, staying up later doing homework. But also for the parents who have to take their children to a bus stop or get them to school, it might not work around their work schedule to do so. And I think it is good for high school students to get them up in the morning earlier to prepare them for the real world as well. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846426053 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846426454 I support this idea because we have become accustomed to this idea throughout our daily lives and activities. Everything we do is based on the rest of society. However, many individuals do not conform to this normal happening based on different happenings and occurrences. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846426454 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846426938 I would support the bill because I do think sleep is important for students and they do need an appropriate amount of rest each night. I wish our school did have a later start time. Even 9:00am would be a better start time rather than 8:00am. I know a lot of sports would have conditioning/lifting early in the morning and then go to 8 classes and then practice/games after school and then there is no time to get homework done. I think the pros would be that the students would get more sleep and the cons would be the sports practice issue. ]]> 2021-10-26 22:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846426938 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846427353 I think that school times should stay how they are. I think it is good for the students to have them wake up earlier to good, and it promotes going to bed earlier as well. At some points I did wish school started later when I was in high school, but honestly I would rather go earlier and get out earlier than go later in the morning and get out later during the day. Plus, with getting out later, it pushes sports and activities after school to go later than they already do. Getting more sleep could seem like a pro, but if you go to bed earlier you can still get that extra hour of sleep.]]> 2021-10-26 22:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846427353 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846427385 2021-10-26 22:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846427385 https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846427532 2021-10-26 22:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lamecs01/tplo0bjvkxhxdu3e/wish/1846427532