Why High School Should Start Later

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Teachers and school boards have had the debate of high school starting times for a long while. They are trying to decide whether or not it would be beneficial to start high school later rather than earlier. Starting high school at 8:35 am would be beneficial to the students because it would allow them to get more sleep, help them be focused, refreshed, and ready to learn.
High school students tend to stay up later, that means they need more sleep. If students don’t get a healthy amount of sleep, it makes them tired and unfocused. Rested students also give the teachers better attention than a tired student would. In some classes, a student or two will fall asleep and miss information that may be crucial to their education. This leads to the

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