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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you have all gone soft. Get the kids out of bed. It has been done for decades.

Goodness knows all this hand wringing over start times has been stupid and has caused logistical headaches of our own creation.[/quote]

I’ve had multiple kids go through middle school and they survived high school and got into college with zero trauma from the middle school start time. [/quote]

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Just wait until these kids go to work.......or have an 8 a.m. class in college._[/quote]

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A child's body is growing, transitioning mentally and physically, a full grown adult is essentially decaying, and getting closer to dying, which one needs more sleep? [/quote]

You need to look at actual data to be informed about this question. If we are going to look at middle schoolers versus high schoolers. It’s the high schoolers who sleep needs should be prioritized. This is the age where a really important neurodevelopmental process called synaptic pruning is occurring, along with maturation of the prefrontal cortex. It’s not as simple as saying, “kids are growing thus they need more sleep”.[/quote]

Thank you for citing actual science instead of the anecdotal arguments most have posted here.[/quote]

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