Lower Merion School District Healthy School Start Time
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Darrel Herbst
6 years ago
Please approve this change, and keep our school district up to date!
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Ana Citlalic Gonzalez-Martinez
6 years ago
Our teens are sleep deprived and research has found that "when the starting time of high school is delayed by an hour, the percentage of students who get at least eight hours of sleep per night jumps from 35.7 percent to 50 percent. Adolescent students’ attendance rate, their performance, their motivation, even their eating habits all improve significantly if school times are delayed". Lets hear science!
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Robert Jacobson
6 years ago
Surprised LMSD is not at the forefront of this!
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Tara Eckert
6 years ago
We are already behind on this issue - the sooner this is approved more teens will be able experience the benefits.
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Amy Feldman
6 years ago
I can’t understand why this has not already been implemented. By every measure, a later start time helps kids. I am disappointed in Lower Merion for dragging its feet.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
This long overdue!
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Ezra Wood
6 years ago
Because I want LMSD’s excellent resources to be applied to healthy, awake students!
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Anonymous
6 years ago
There are hundreds of studies with data showing how early start times are detrimental to teens. Why is LM still putting our children at risk?
https://www.cdc.gov/features/school-start-times/index.html
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Shelly Soiferman
6 years ago
We need this for our kids! Their mental health and safety are at risk.
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Laurence Suaud
6 years ago
Fully support later start time for high school. Can currently witness the negative effect of a 6.15am wake up time on my 9th grader
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Amy Palmer
6 years ago
The school districts around LM have taken the lead. The benefits are worth overcoming the obstacles!
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Anonymous
6 years ago
This can't happen soon enough, every morning is a struggle in our house.
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Melissa levin
6 years ago
This is a must do! Let’s be the change!
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Anna Kraus-Gelzer
6 years ago
The science is behind this is compelling; of course change is always uncomfortable, but 1-2 years later, nobody will even remember how it was before. None of the school districts who already made the start time change collapsed into permanent chaos...
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Birgit Hottenrott
6 years ago
Moved to LM from a district that changed to a later start time a few years ago - the positive change on everyone's health (student, faculty and staff) was immediate and positive. Of course there will be admin hurdles, but the benefits far outweigh the process hurdles. Any school district's priority is on increasing educational quality and access - and start time change can be that amazing change.
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Alyson Simpson
6 years ago
Definitely need later start times. Better productivity, focus, less anxiety/depression.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
I fully support start healthy start times for middle and high school students.
Please approve this change, and keep our school district up to date!
Our teens are sleep deprived and research has found that "when the starting time of high school is delayed by an hour, the percentage of students who get at least eight hours of sleep per night jumps from 35.7 percent to 50 percent. Adolescent students’ attendance rate, their performance, their motivation, even their eating habits all improve significantly if school times are delayed". Lets hear science!
Surprised LMSD is not at the forefront of this!
We are already behind on this issue - the sooner this is approved more teens will be able experience the benefits.
I can’t understand why this has not already been implemented. By every measure, a later start time helps kids. I am disappointed in Lower Merion for dragging its feet.
This long overdue!
Because I want LMSD’s excellent resources to be applied to healthy, awake students!
There are hundreds of studies with data showing how early start times are detrimental to teens. Why is LM still putting our children at risk? https://www.cdc.gov/features/school-start-times/index.html
We need this for our kids! Their mental health and safety are at risk.
Fully support later start time for high school. Can currently witness the negative effect of a 6.15am wake up time on my 9th grader
The school districts around LM have taken the lead. The benefits are worth overcoming the obstacles!
This can't happen soon enough, every morning is a struggle in our house.
This is a must do! Let’s be the change!
The science is behind this is compelling; of course change is always uncomfortable, but 1-2 years later, nobody will even remember how it was before. None of the school districts who already made the start time change collapsed into permanent chaos...
Moved to LM from a district that changed to a later start time a few years ago - the positive change on everyone's health (student, faculty and staff) was immediate and positive. Of course there will be admin hurdles, but the benefits far outweigh the process hurdles. Any school district's priority is on increasing educational quality and access - and start time change can be that amazing change.
Definitely need later start times. Better productivity, focus, less anxiety/depression.
I fully support start healthy start times for middle and high school students.