Later School Arrival Times Essay

Who doesn’t want to sleep one more hour every school morning. Schools should have later arrival times. 59% of 6th through 8th graders and 87% of high school students do not get the recommended 8.5 and 9.5 hours of sleep. Schools should have later arrival times because later school arrival times lead to less teen car crashes, higher graduation rates and, better school performance over all.

Teens are wired to be night owls and are still required to sleep at least a whole 9 hours to be able to function properly. Studies show that a school with later arrival times is 16.5% less likely to have a car crash than a school with earlier start times. Sleep is very important in order to reduce teen car crashes.

If students don’t graduate from high school then who will teach them how go through life. Later school leads to higher graduation rates. Studies show that the percentage of students who graduate if from 77 to 89% when the school has a early start time. However in a school where arrival times are later the percentage rates rise from 90 to 94%

If we don’t have sleep how will we work? Schools should start no later than 8:30AM. Later school arrival times would lead to better school performance. Studies show that teens who get the recommended amount of sleep tend to get better grades and tend to have better test scores. schools who have earlier start times tend to have not as great performance over all due to the sleep that is lacking in students.

Changing the school start times Fromm really early in the morning to at least an hour later would benefit middle school and high school students because it would lead to less teen car crashes, higher graduation rates, and most importantly it would lead to a better school performance. It’s time for school districts to really focus on what would make school more beneficial for students.

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