Extending School Hours

I strongly disagree with the Dickenson County School Board extending the school day by an hour and a half. I do not feel an extension will benefit students or staff. For instance, students and staff will not have time for other activities outside of school. Everyone is required to spend an excessive amount of time at school as it is. Taking on an extra hour and a half of school will be more stressful for both students and staff. For these reasons, the school board needs to carefully consider all the negative effects before making any changes. First, students and staff will not have time for other activities. They will not have time to spend with their friends and family if the school board decides to extend the day. Afterwards, when students get home, they will not have time for chores,
Some students can barely handle the time they are required to attend classes, and cannot deal with an extra thirty minutes, much less an hour and thirty minutes! It is not healthy for students to be stressed, and it limits how much they are willing to learn. Likewise, when students have too much work piled on them they will just shut off their brain, causing them to complete less work. With this in mind, most students struggle to keep their grades up already, and if they are too stressed to learn their grades will start to slip. In conclusion, I honestly do not see any reason to extend the school day at all. In the long run, this change will benefit students or staff in any way, all things considered it will actually prevent the students from learning well, and staff from successfully performing their jobs. Students will not have time for any extra activities like family time and sports. There are way too many hours in a school day to begin with. Most importantly, adding time to a school day at all will be too stressful for students and