Essay On Later Start Times
Later Start Times for Smarter Students
Students depend on schools as a basis for their education, a place to learn and grow, and to push them towards post secondary success. The Mounds View School district’s board members set up the district’s high schools to start at 7:25 a.m., followed by the middle schools (8:05 a.m.), and then the elementary schools (8:45 a.m.). Focussing primarily on our community's high schoolers, as they are statistically proven to need more sleep, it is crucial that they are getting at least ten hours a night. In order for this to happen, they would need to go to bed by 8:25 every night (assuming it takes them an hour to get ready and drive to school), which is extremely unlikely with the amount of homework, activities, and sports students are involved in. Hence, teens are not receiving their required amount of sleep at night. Correspondingly, schools (similar to Irondale or Mounds View) have increased rates of teenage car accidents, have more students diagnosed with mental and physical health problems, and students are obtaining lower academic achievements; therefore, I propose that anyone who cares about the future of New Brighton’s high schoolers should write a letter to the district’s board members in order to influence Mounds View Schools to push …show more content…
Consequently, The vast majority of teenagers who attend early starting schools arrive in a sleep-deprived state. Because students are unable to fall asleep early, and cannot sleep in, there is a chronic sleep deficit in teens who have early start times. “Not getting enough sleep can lead to illnesses such as depression, attention deficit disorder, poorer quality of life, and other mood disorders,” (webmd). Among these health conditions, students’ physical health is at risk with conditions such as: obesity, diabetes, and becoming more injury
Students depend on schools as a basis for their education, a place to learn and grow, and to push them towards post secondary success. The Mounds View School district’s board members set up the district’s high schools to start at 7:25 a.m., followed by the middle schools (8:05 a.m.), and then the elementary schools (8:45 a.m.). Focussing primarily on our community's high schoolers, as they are statistically proven to need more sleep, it is crucial that they are getting at least ten hours a night. In order for this to happen, they would need to go to bed by 8:25 every night (assuming it takes them an hour to get ready and drive to school), which is extremely unlikely with the amount of homework, activities, and sports students are involved in. Hence, teens are not receiving their required amount of sleep at night. Correspondingly, schools (similar to Irondale or Mounds View) have increased rates of teenage car accidents, have more students diagnosed with mental and physical health problems, and students are obtaining lower academic achievements; therefore, I propose that anyone who cares about the future of New Brighton’s high schoolers should write a letter to the district’s board members in order to influence Mounds View Schools to push …show more content…
Consequently, The vast majority of teenagers who attend early starting schools arrive in a sleep-deprived state. Because students are unable to fall asleep early, and cannot sleep in, there is a chronic sleep deficit in teens who have early start times. “Not getting enough sleep can lead to illnesses such as depression, attention deficit disorder, poorer quality of life, and other mood disorders,” (webmd). Among these health conditions, students’ physical health is at risk with conditions such as: obesity, diabetes, and becoming more injury