I am going to be arguing about why school shouldn’t start later. I think that school should start at the same time it does now. I personally think that starting school at 7:55 is better than starting later on in the day. I am going to be telling you guys why I think that the school schedule should stay the same. I think that starting school later is going to be worse because transportation‚ scheduling for the parents and after school activities. I will explain more about why i chose this
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The Head Start program in Montgomery County as a Social Welfare Agency General History of Head Start Head Start is a federal funded program that supports school readiness for children from the time they are born‚ to the age of five from low-income families by expanding their cognitive‚ social‚ and emotional development. Head Start is one of the few programs that is still thriving from the 1960s. It is administered through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ and began in
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changed their start times from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.‚ teen car crash rates dropped by more than 16 percent (NBC News). This study shows that the earlier students have to get up and go to school they are more prone to have a wreck. Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles collected data on the number of drivers between the ages of 16 and 18 in the two counties of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake‚ Virginia Beach starts school at 7:20 and Chesapeake starts at
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P.O‚ senators and judge‚ I stand as Senator Ortega to keep start times the same for the sake of everyone . School start times will cause a burden in many situations. Moving school start times later will result in increased costs to school systems and unacceptable disruption to many families. Advocates — and editorial boards — may choose to minimize or ignore these impacts‚ but local school boards cannot. School boards are responsible for balancing competing priorities in the face of limited resources
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Does the school day start early? I believe we should start school later than we usually do because it will improve their academic performance‚ tardiness and absences will also decrease‚ and their overall health will improve. Starting the school day later will improve the student’s academic and health overall. It will give students time to get their eight hours of sleep. Some students won’t be able to reach the eight hours of sleep for two reasons‚ 1. Sleep deprivation/soporific 2. They are in sports
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Starting high school later in the day would be beneficial for high school students. One positive example for a later start time is‚ “Nauset Regional High School on Cape Cod‚ which pushed its start time to 8:35 am four years ago. They saw tardiness fall by 35 percent and the number of D’s and F’s drop by half" (Vaznis). That is a notable difference. There are many other beneficial reasons to start high school at 8-8:30. Benefits include an increase of sleep‚ which leads to better overall student health and
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Schools should start later Parents‚ students and teachers often argue‚ with little evidence‚ about whether U.S. high schools begin too early in the morning. In the past few years‚ however‚ scientific studies have piled up‚ and they all lead to the same conclusion: a later start time improves learning. And the later the start‚ the better. Biological research shows that circadian rhythms shift during the teen years‚ pushing boys and girls to stay up later at night and sleep later into the morning
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I believe school should start later‚ studies have found that as we age from 6-17‚ our circadian rhythm changes‚ we are more of a morning person at the younger ages (6-10). We wake up early natural in those ages. From ages 10-14‚ our bodies naturally get to bed later and wake up later‚ that’s why some schools have switched the start times of high school and elementary school. It’s in the best interest for the students that the start times of high school and elementary schools to be switched. Other
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because school starts a bit too early. There’s a proven fact that the brain does not work properly before 10 a.m.. Therefore‚ school is still okay to start around 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. because around that time‚ our brains would be ready to go and more people would go to school on time. Also if school started later then it can give the teachers more time to get there plans completed and ready to go for the day. Finally we can all eat breakfast in peace if we had 2 extra hours before school starts. Although
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Don’t you ever feel like you are falling asleep in class? School needs to start at a later time so students can get enough sleep each night. Getting enough sleep helps improve grades‚ lower the rate of car crashes‚ and lower the use of alcohol and other dangerous drugs. Getting enough sleep is very important for a person’s health. Sleep helps maintain a healthy balance of hormones. It also helps improve your memory‚ spark creativity‚ sharpen attention‚ and lower stress. Teenagers are supposed to
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