Parents
How would parents be negatively affected by a delayed start time?
Finances/budget.
Causes a disorganized morning.
Why are after-school activities important?
Allows teens to focus on something they enjoy or are passionate about outside of school.
Helps them stand out during the college application process.
What time do most high schools start and end?
Start: 7:15 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.
End: 3:00 P.M.
Keeps an organized morning. Many school bus drivers pickup primary, middle, and high schools.
True or False: People that are constantly tired are more prone to being diagnosed with depression or anxiety?
True
How would parents' budgets be affected?
Data shows that delayed start times causes parents, especially working parents, to put their children into daycare. However, daycare is very expensive which can throw off a parent's entire annual budget.
Why is it not ideal for school to begin so early?
Teens naturally fall asleep later and wake up later. With an 8:00 A.M. class, they are going to bed late and waking up early. This is because their circadian rhythms have been altered.
Who is part of the school district? For example, if something were to change, who would be afected?
The school, students, and parents.
list several reasons on how teens are affected by an early start time.
Depression and anxiety, caffeine/nicotine/Adderall addictions, car crashes, overall mood, less focused, procrastination, less social.
Why do some teens feel the need to allow their stress takeover their mental health?
The idea that they need to prioritize grades to get into a "good" college.
Why are teens stressed?
They are constantly competing to stand out from others during the college application process.
True or false: Elementary and middle school start times would be affected if the high school start time was delayed?
True
How would the end of the school day be affected if the start time was delayed?
School would end later and run into after-school acitivities.
Why are teens so tired?
Go to bed late, wake up early.
Lots of things to do.
Stressed.