Extend School Hours

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I strongly disagree with Dickenson county school board’s plan to extend the school hour by one and a half hours in the day. The reasons I disagree are the students and staff have too much weight on our shoulders, also some students have to wake up at five o'clock in the morning and then they get on the bus at five thirty, and the school time is too long as it is. If the horrible idea of extending the school hours by one hour and a half is passed the children will be more exhausted after the day. There would be students that would get home after dark and go to school before daylight. Furthermore if they had to get on the bus before dawn they would be getting up a whole lot earlier.

To begin with, the students and staff have too much weight …show more content…

They are exhausted, and want to go to sleep when they are going home from school. As a result they will be more exhausted if the school day was extended, so if the parents had a fun day planned for the child the child would try to fall asleep. Then the parents will want the kid to have fun, but the child will be too exhausted for the activities. Then the parents might have to go home early than expected.

Finally, the school hours is too long as it is because most kids fall asleep on the bus and miss their stop to go home. Then they think their home when they wake up. Then the bus driver has to take them back and it will be later when the child gets home. Also I am tired after school so I stay awake to do my chores. Then I do my homework and make sure I done it right. The school hours are too long because after school activities and that is after dark in the winter.
In conclusion, if they are going to change the time they need to think of the consequences. The students and staff have too much work as it is and it the day was longer it would be a whole lot harder for us. Also the little kids should not get at five o’clock in the morning because they would be too exhausted to do anything in the evening . The school board should think of the problem that would hurt the children. Also they need to think about their day was and then of the

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