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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]

I think the issue is that younger kids are wired to sleep from about 8 to about 7.

Older kids are wired to sleep from about 12 to about 8.

They need less sleep, but their circadian rhythms are different. However, we live in a world where, for a lot of reasons, it's just not feasible to push the start time back for HS, which means that we as parents have to wage battle with our kids' natural rhythms. It's frustrating, but so are a lot of things about parenting teens. [/quote]

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