Say that you are still laying in bed sitting on your phone checking Instagram or Twitter and you look at the clock and see that it is 5:30am, but you’re still dreading that you have to go to school today. Think of it this way, you went to bed at 11pm, but you didn’t do your homework. Now you have all the time in the word because school starts at 9am rather then 7am in the morning. In the articles, “How school start times affect high school athletics.” (Putterman), “Why are parents afraid of later school start time.” (Isabela Fattel) “More zzz’s can lead to more A’s seattle schools move start time for teens.” (Newsela staff) “Montgomery petition to let high-schoolers sleep longer signed by thousands.” (George) “Saving billions of dollars a year.”( Newsela staff) and “National sleep foundation.” Gives an overview of the debate on whether school should start at a later times. Although many people think that it is not a good idea to start school later because of lack of time for extracurricular activities, school should start at a later time because it would allow for …show more content…
But with a later start time, extracurricular activities benefit by bettering students academic and athletic performance. According to, (School start time: Should school starts later or should it stay the same?) “Those schools as well showed significant improvements in school performance since full rested teenagers have enhanced memory, reaction time, mood and athletic performance.” This states that when starting school at a later time will increase the amount of sleep, a students memory and improve their athletic performance. Although starting school earlier in the day may mean having more free time after school it also means waking up earlier. According to, (_author_) “_________________.” This states that______________. In conclusion students will have a better athletic performance.