Backgrounder: Later School Start Times

Today's adolescent faces a wide range of chronic health problems: sleep deprivation. Society often considers sleep as a luxury that can not be tolerated by ambitious or active people but research shows that getting enough sleep is a biological necessity that is important for health and diet or exercise There. Teenagers have the least chance of sleeping, and it is necessary to sleep on average 9 hours and half a day in order to obtain the best performance, health condition and brain development by the time they graduate from high school, but the average sleeping time of each school is It is less than 7 hours. And most people feel tired all day (Wolfson & Carskadon, 1998). The fundamental cause of the problem is the conflict time of social demands such as poor adolescent sleeping habits that can not sleep well over a long period, busy schedule and extracurricular activities, work time, homework time and family obligation, early school attendance Not only is biological change that allows most teenagers to enter the slow sleep clock. Therefore, when I attended school, the teenager 's body was still saying it was midnight.

The impact of sleep deprivation during adolescence is particularly serious. Young people spend a significant part of the time they spend at school everyday, but due to sleep deprivation, the ability to maintain attention, solve problems, deal with problems, cope with stress, and keep information is weakened . Young people with sleep deprivation overnight and at night should be aware of emotional and behavioral problems such as drowsiness, hypersensitivity, depression, impulsive management and violence, health complaints, tobacco and alcohol use, cognitive disorders and decision making etc. High risk of. All aspects of academic and overall performance of athletics have been reduced

Studies have shown that adolescents need as much sleep as a child. Significant changes in puberty sleep patterns and needs may help

In the BPS record posted in Boston Parents Campus News, the first reference material to support the startup time of the school after secondary education was a memorandum of understanding on the background information on Boston Globe reporter James Vaznes on 31st October. . "More and more research has found that high school students benefit from the start of a slower school by promoting a better sleep pattern," noted the memo. According to John Hurlon, a surrogate director, BPS officials do not know the answer. In an interview last Friday, he said that they gave up the "happiness" indicator early in the process, since the survey has many schools have a series of start time preferences, so many people It will be unhappy. In addition, he said he heard that it is important for officials to get a good starting time at the community meeting, but that is not a top priority.

Let's see the psychological results of the early start time. That shows why the school should be slow. Early in 1999, Diet members proposed a resolution to start school later. On behalf of Zoe Looggren, "Over time, sleep deprivation will have a serious impact on academic performance, social behavior, and the health and safety of young people in our country" . Students may be injured in two-thirds. More importantly, more than 20% of these injuries need to go to the emergency room. Think about it, if you take more sleep, you will not be sleepy and clumsy, and may have a better response, balance and hand-eye coordination.