Why School Should Start Later

Sleep is one of the most important things that we all can get and most importantly need. Everyone needs it, especially teens. Most of high school students get seven hours of sleep or less each night.1 The AASM says, school should not start any earlier then 8:30 am.1 We all need as much sleep as we can possible get to enhance our learning. The school start time for high students should become later in the morning since our success rate will increase dramatically in lateness arrival and overall performance in school.

If schools were to start later in the morning, it would reduce lateness and students skipping school.2 Starting school later improved attendance.2 For instance, if there was, on average three students out of every ten showing up late to school on a regular basis and then school started later reducing that number to one, which had payed off in the end. When students had gotten more sleep in the morning, they were less lumpish and more passionate about going to school.2 Students will then learn even more and soak everything up like a sponge. Just imagine what the future could bring them. Later start times will lead to less late arrivals and students not wanting to go to school in the first place.
A study conducted by the University of Minnesota with nearly 9,000 high school students showed improved grades, test scores, and overall performance in core subjects when the school start times were switched to later hours.3 Instead of students get D’s and C’s in school, they’re now getting A’s and B’s. There future will become brighter since it will be easier to get accepted into a superb college. Student’s success in the school will be improved if schools start time is