{"id":10,"date":"2014-07-30T16:37:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T16:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pay4schoolstuff.com\/blog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2014-10-21T16:23:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T16:23:03","slug":"back-to-school-start-times-and-sleep-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pay4schoolstuff.com\/blog\/back-to-school-start-times-and-sleep-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Back To School | Start Times and Sleep Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>With back to school time just around the corner it\u2019s time to look into an issue that\u2019s been plaguing school systems for years &#8211; namely, what to do about start times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-07-29 19.22.38.png\" height=\"304px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/4S_ILyOjTLOW50r_GgdMLWPFC20y6R2i1LeogER_O8vtYZmGqHZniMDbDcWu1GymP9z1MICpfJF293JqCH9ElrJPsiRX8JjdEf_kzDwZwfGONRQXfcEEVQx00eSGcUV4rg\" width=\"455px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sleepfoundation.org\/sleep-news\/backgrounder-later-school-start-times\"><span>research<\/span><\/a><span> has shown in recent years, high school aged students would &#8211; in theory &#8211; benefit from a later start time due to the extra sleep it would afford them. (Whether or not they would actually use the later start time to capitalize on more sleep remains to be seen, but that\u2019s the theory.) Similarly, since younger children need less sleep, starting them earlier in the day would easily solve the problem of \u201cbut what about the buses.\u201d<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>In <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc6.com\/story\/26134732\/providence-schools-announce-new-school-times\"><span>Providence, Rhode Island<\/span><\/a><span>, the city has decided that they\u2019re going to give some new start-times a try. \u00a0Although nothing has been passed yet &#8211; and these changes were due to the city\u2019s transportation system rather than seeing how the students are affected &#8211; the city is proposing that some of their elementary and high schools undergo schedule changes. They\u2019re proposing that the school week has two \u201cshifts\u201d of school days &#8211; \u201cregular\u201d days and \u201cshortened\u201d days. On \u201cregular\u201d days, some of the high schools would begin at 7:50am and release at 2:35pm. The other schools would begin their day at 8:30am and release at 3:15pm. \u00a0On \u201cshortened\u201d days there would be four staggered start times for the high schools, 7:50am, 8:30am, 9:15am, and 9:55am. Those school days would end between 1:10pm and 3:15pm, depending on the start time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The elementary school start and end times will remain mostly the same, although on \u201cshort\u201d days (which will fall on Fridays, conveniently) the students will be released at 2:11pm &#8211; presenting a problem for parents who were already scrambling to get their kids situated for a 3pm release. Since the average workday ends at 5pm, and since elementary school children aren\u2019t old enough to drive themselves home, an even earlier release time &#8211; closer to the middle of the work day &#8211; could pose a huge problem for parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At Pay4SchoolStuff.com, we\u2019re made for more than just running fundraisers and collecting dues. Many of our partner schools use our platform to run their before and after school programs from soup to nuts. In some cases, the after-school program isn\u2019t run by the school itself, but is managed by the PTO or PTA, or perhaps another community group such as the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. In those instances, Pay4SchoolStuff.com works exactly the same &#8211; all enrollments and payments can be processed through our 100% digital and encrypted platform. Sign-up sheets can be created, and reports can be viewed\/exported if the program offers different sessions or groups to be booked (such as music lessons, language lessons, tutoring, etc).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For more information on how to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pay4schoolstuff.com\/\">Pay4SchoolStuff.com<\/a> to work for your organization, email us at info@pay4schoolstuff.com to request a demo. Be sure you\u2019re also following us on Twitter (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pay4schoolstuff\">@Pay4SchoolStuff)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/pay4schoolstuff\">Facebook<\/a> for daily updates, tips, and tricks!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With back to school time just around the corner it\u2019s time to look into an issue that\u2019s been plaguing school systems for years &#8211; namely, what to do about start times. \u00a0 As research has shown in recent years, high school aged students would &#8211; in theory &#8211; benefit from a later start time due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[77],"tags":[14,11,10,7,16,15],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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