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Like I said, the science is pretty clear that sending High School students to school at 7:45 is damaging. At the bare minimum the start times should be reversed. HS students should start at 9, elementary schoolers at 7:45. As far as after school jobs and sports, I would think that education and student's mental health should be the priority here. 
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I was taught younger kids need more sleep.  I would rather a high schooler start early than ES.  My high school started at 8, but I think all the levels started around the same time.[/quote]

Younger kids need more sleep and go to bed earlier. This is directly backwards to the known, proven teen healthy sleep patterns. Links to the relevant data on that have already been posted here.

The idea that high schoolers should have to be at school at 7:30AM every day because their parents feel entitled to use them as free babysitters is asinine.[/quote]

What is entitled and asinine is assuming that families whose older lids are watching the younger have a true choice. For many of my students, it is helping keep the family afloat financially because aftercare is both expensive and in short supply. [/quote]

Yet another example of thinking that the health of ALL kids should suffer because no one can be bothered to think of other ways to address social problems. There is no dispute that later is better for all teenagers. It's one of the few things that is universally agreed upon. [/quote]

+1.  I have no doubt childcare is a big issue for many low income families-but not all of them have an older child to watch the younger ones in the afternoon, so there’s still a gap there too.  If childcare was truly the limiting factor to changing start times, why not address that head on and come up with ways to provide/fund aftercare programs for these families.[/quote]

It seems like the issue is that people with kids in HS not ES feel the current start time is inconvenient for them so everyone else needs to cater to their whims.[/quote]

Actually, my child is in ES right now but the research in this is pretty clear.  Later start times are better for HS students.  [/quote]

+1  How is this about whims? It's not inconvenient for HS students to start later, unless you need your teen to provide childcare. It is a matter of health.[/quote]

Seems more like it's a matter of convenience for the OP.  I'm sure it would impact the health of younger children too who are even less able to cope with this.[/quote]

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