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Student Opinion: Altered School Start Times Should Be Considered

By: Dylan Higby, senior LHS journalism staff writer on September 13, 2023

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School can get to be a long day for some students including me. Most students in Leigh are student-athletes or involved in other extracurricular activities and have to go to practices and games at night. This can get to be a lot to handle for some, and a solution might be starting school later in the day. 

Starting school later might allow some students to sleep in a little to get a little extra shut eye, or even be able to get up and do chores. Studies even show teens learn better when they start later in the morning. Starting later in the morning would also allow students to have morning practice. Having morning practice would also allow students to go straight home after school to do homework instead of going to practice. 

A downfall to having school starting later in the morning is you would have to go a little bit later in the day. Some students would like this, but then again there would be a few students that would disagree. 

Having morning sports practice is really nice. You may have to get up a little early, but in the end, it is worth it being able to go home after school to do whatever your heart desires.