![]() ![]() More recently, in looking at growing levels of stress, anxiety, depression and even car crashes on the way to school, researchers found many of the problems were due to sleep deprivation. Over the past 70 years, start times for students moved earlier and earlier, not because of student needs but to better match factory clock-in times for parents as American manufacturing and industry flourished. The new start times will be elementary school, 8 a.m. As a result, school start times will be adjusted for all students beginning in the fall of 2024. The good news is that after seven years of surveys, studies and hearing from our community and community partners, the Anchorage School District (ASD) recommended making the shift and the Anchorage School Board voted in agreement this week. It can be maddening for parents to go through this daily routine and hard on educators trying to plow through first hour of class with students in a state of not-totally-awake, but we know from science there are more far-reaching effects: Modern, early school start times are bad for the health and safety of our students. But for most of them, according to scientists, early morning is tough because of physiological reasons linked to the natural circadian rhythms of adolescence. ![]() Have you ever tried waking up a teenager? We have heard stories of using blaring music, bribery, multiple alarm clocks and even sending in the family dog. ![]() Anchorage School District building on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. ![]()
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