The alarms would start going off every morning at 6, but Kim Lipetz’s oldest son wouldn’t getInstead, the repetitive blaring from not just his phone alarm, but a traditional alarm clock, began a 40-minute back-and-forth, with Lipetz running upstairs to “literally shake” her son awake after he fell back asleep — a daily battle that led to arguments between family members, and her son almost always sprinting“I had no idea how difficult those four years would be,” said Lipetz, whose son graduated...
“There is no critical mass of districts that have done this,” said Jim Crisfield, superintendent of the Wissahickon School District, which recently postponed a vote on start-time changes that a survey found weren’t supported by most students or staff. The changes at the other grade levels are due to busing: The district operates a “three-tier” system, spacing elementary, middle, and high schools start times far enough apart for drivers to complete routes to each.
“It’s something the community has been really, really hungry for for a very long time,” said Prosnitz, who is also part of a regional coalition seeking later start times. “Our kids are definitely suffering” — not just during high school, but from long-term health effects associated with chronic sleep deprivation.
Khalil said he understands the science behind a later start for older children, but felt the district was pushing the change at the expense of its youngest —, when elementary parents rebelled against a proposed 7:45 start as too early. Now, nearly all high school classes are blended — meaning a student may attend a class in person three days and be assigned other work to complete at their own pace, whether during an optional advisory period at 8:05 a.m., lunchtime, or after school gets out at 2:30.
and then they will most assuredly add lights to Arnold Field LowerMerionTwp or our kids will have to miss too much class if they play sports