What would happen if we started school later in the day? Sure, we’d get another hour of sleep, which would be beneficial to all students who have to stay up late. However, it would also make the kids work later than they plan to. All the extra hour would do is make the students stay up even later.
“I just want to get [school] over with. Get in and get out,” sophomore Zapata Guadalupe said.
Not only will we lose time after school, we may lose time during school. Specifically brunch and READ. We use brunch to get stuff from our lockers and obtain snacks to fuel our brain, and READ to expand our reading horizon.
“I’m strongly against it because I’d rather be [at school] earlier than we are,” Junior Juan Rodriguez said.
Also, what about the parents? Many Huskies get rides from their parents, myself included. What would happen if it was late start every day?
“I think [the school’s starting and end time] is fine the way it is. It is great to have that catch up time on Monday. But going to school an hour later every day will just cause them to stay up later,” mother Kristi Caracappa said.
If any of you, either pros or cons, want to get knee-deep in this debate, check out the FUSD website.
The site contains a survey about school times, and if you really want to be heard, that’s your best bet.
