English 2
May 8 2016
Ms. Acosta
Should School start later in the day Have you ever thought about school starting later in the day? It would work with the day schedule. Most people can relate to wanting the school to start later in the day. A lot of teens don’t get 8 hours of sleep. 70% of students don’t get 8 or more hours of sleep for school, (Google ed. Liza L. Lewis web 25 apr.2017) some students, parents don’t really care if their child doesn’t get all 8 hours of sleep. Parents could make a change and encourage kids to sleep early so the next morning they will be up and ready to go. If school started later in the day students will be more alert. 50% of student’s brains don’t function properly until 8:00 am. Students shouldn’t begin school until 8:30, to reduce transportation costs by using fewer buses. (Heffner, Josh Google web 25 apr.2017)
Schools would save money with the breakfast situation because kids could eat at home. Schools would save money because of breakfast and other causes in expenses. (Choices np,25 Jan 2016 web.25 apr.2017) Schools at least spend a lot of money every morning and afternoon to …show more content…
feed students 2 times a day. However these facts might sound true, but the reality is if school started later in the day the school would save more money from breakfast.
Many people may argue that waking up for school in the morning may mess up their schedule, In conclusion, most people can relate to wanting school to start later, the state of Texas should look into school starting school later in the day because it will help students around Texas.
If school started, later on, we wouldn’t have health issues. Time available to sleep and cause severe and chronic sleep for students. (Nea today Nov.2015 web apr.2016) a lot of parents don’t realise that there kids don’t get enough sleep at night because they’re always on their electronics or they’re watching TV. Most teens don’t sleep until after midnight or even later than that. They also go to school and sleep there meanwhile, the teachers tend to call and complain that they don’t get enough sleep at
night.
School should start later in the morning, it would help students have more time and to catch up on sleep. (Google n.d web.25 Apr. 2017) because of lack of sleep causes health issues and give weakens the immune system. (jan.2016 web.25 apr.2017) Teens these days stay up really late on school days, We must encourage schools to push back their starting times so students won’t complain they are tired at the end of the day (National sleep foundation np. Web 25 apr.2017)