New Oceanside Middle School bell schedule: Start 7:05 AM, End 1:45 PM We are writing to tell you how upset we are that middle schools are supposed to start so early in the 2007/2008 school year. For school to start at 7:05 AM, many students will need to awaken well before 6AM. Numerous studies have shown that young adolescents need more sleep and that their internal clocks are shifting their alertness to later in the day. While other districts are delaying their start times (Carlsbad