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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the plan makes perfect sense.  High school students have a much heavier work load than m.s. students, they play after school sports, join clubs, get jobs, etc. and need a little more sleep. M.S. children aren't as busy, and middle school is really a stepping stone for high school. I have both a H.S. child and a M.S. child and I am in full support of the changes.  [/quote]

[b]Actually, middle school kids need more sleep than high school students.[/b]

Also, all of you justifications (heavier work load, significant after school activities, jobs) actually support early start times, not later.  The time after school is far more valuable for all of those activities.[/quote]

Can you cite the evidence please?[/quote]

Plenty of evidence:

"Children aged five to 12 need 10-11 hours of sleep."

[url]http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/children-and-sleep/page/0%2C2/[/url]

"School-aged children	At least 10 hours a day" (note that the category "school aged children" includes many middle school students).

[url]http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/sdd/howmuch.html[/url]

So, if SLEEP is pushing for high school kids to get their utterly necessary recommended amount of sleep, then why aren't they pushing for middle school students to get that same recommended amount of sleep?

Can you smell the hypocrisy?
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Middle schoolers are much more likely to be asleep at an earlier time. Less homework, not having a job or competing social interests. Teens may need fewer hours, but they're not getting it. That's the problem. The solution is a later start time.

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-american-academy-of-pediatrics-later-school-start-times-20140825-story.html[/quote]

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