Change West Hartford School Start Times

I believe that a later start time for HS and MS is a viable option. Given the importance of high school and the increasing demands placed on high school students, changing school start times has a longer term higher benefit for the students. The thoroughness of the committee's work is apparent on the WHPS website.

I support later school start times for West Hartford!

I fully support later school start times.

Others seem to think our kids’ health is of secondary concern. I don’t. For this issue, it should be our only concern.

I support later school start times.

7 years ago Featured

As a therapist, we are seeing alarming rates of depression, anxiety, substance use and other mental health disorders among our youth. We know later start times makes a difference in this. Let’s do everything we can to create a climate in which our children can thrive through their high school years.

Currently son is in elem school but middle school next year.

I strongly support delaying the high school start time because of the data which show that it will benefit our students' mental health (anxiety/depression). It could literally save lives. Thank you!!!

I fully support the proposed change to the school start times in WH.

I fully support later school start times in West Hartford

The research is clear - this is the right choice for healthy public policy

Please do this for the mental and physical well-being of our children

plz.

Please start high school later. Please put the mental and physical health of our kids ahead of logistical concerns.

In the morning I drive my daughter to her bus stop which is three blocks away. During the fall & winter cars drive through blinking yellow traffic lights pretty fast and on during dark and rainy days you can barely see students/pedestrians crossing street. I believe this will help the students be safe. It will also help the students getting a bit more sleep. Thank you

The evidence suggests this is the right thing to do.

Please do this for our high school kids. They are exhausted!

do it

former weha public school student who suffered through waking up earlier than my body was ready and being withdrawn in school as a result of exhaustion. Now as a 22 year old I am a morning person and wake up at 6:30 every day, but high school students are developmentally not there yet!! Please spare my littlest brother from the sleep deprivation the rest of us faced

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