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Middle School Impact

• Some negative effects of early start time now impact middle school students
• Middle school students report
  • less sleep
  • more sleepiness
  • more depression

Cautions

• Individual differences
• No elementary data
• Family difficulties
  • Day care
  • Recreation
  • Health services
• Transportation problems emerged
  • Late buses
  • Fewer field trips
  • Restricted buses for activities

Task Force

• Achievement
• Facilities/school services
• Activities/Jobs
• Transportation
• Childcare & Family

Options

• Three tiers avoids significant transportation costs
• Later start for high school students is optimal

Option A: Keep current schedule

	HS	MS	Elem.
Start	7:30	8:15	9:00
End	2:00	2:45	3:30

Pros & Cons

Schedule is known, familiar to users

More time is needed to transport as community grows

HS students not starting at optimum time