POLL: Should Howard County Schools Start Later?
Parents petition Congress for schools to begin after 8 a.m.
"Saved by the bell" may be a common refrain among students, but parents and teachers are starting to ask if children should be saved from the bell instead. The Start School Later Initiative, a petition encouraging lawmakers to start school no earlier than 8 a.m., was presented to members of Congress this week with nearly 5,000 signatures from all 50 states. More than 1,000 of the signatures were from Maryland parents and educators. "The [petition] comments range from student pleas for a more humane schedule to educators wishing their students weren't still asleep to health professionals and researchers seriously concerned about the damage we're doing to kids' mental and physical health," said movement organizer Heather Macintosh. What do …
Terra Ziporyn Snider, Ph.D.
7:13 am on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
djp952, curious to know exactly what time high schools start (and end!) there? Here in Anne Arundel County all high schools start at 7:17 am and end at 2:05 pm. These are the earliest hours in Maryland, so I know yours must start somewhat later - but most high schools in MD and and around the country start in the 7 am hour, a practice that was started a few decades ago largely to save $ by … more ›