High schools’ early starts deprive students of crucial sleep
Tuesday September 3, 2013, 8:03 AM
BY JACLYN ANTONACCI
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Shea Harris will be starting his junior year of high school in just a few days, and he’s still not quite sure what his morning routine will look like now that Clifton High School will start 10 minutes earlier than last year.
“I don’t know how we’re going to deal with the morning,” he said.
One thing the 16-year-old does know: the new 7:29 start time is unlikely to change his nighttime routine. He doesn’t plan to go to bed any earlier.
It’s only 10 minutes, but when it comes to teenagers and sleep, every minute lost counts, and it can cost them. Teenagers who do not get enough sleep risk an increase in anxiety, depression and weight gain, according to Dr. Tracy Carbone, director of The Valley Hospital Pediatric Sleep Disorders and Apnea Center.
High school students’ ability to concentrate, remember what is discussed and do well in class are all directly related to their quantity of sleep, she said –
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Go to bed earlier
And now even those students who get up early will not be rewarded with a spot near the building. Students LAST. Tradition of Excellence?
That’s in Clifton with two HS isn’t it?
Wake up, wake up !!!!!!!! Schools open now will lots of new things to learn….. for parents too…… have a great year !!!!!!!!!!
Shocking!
“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” (Ben Franklin)
“Nothing good ever happens after midnight” (Tom Coughlin)
jjj, but what if I trade on the Nikkei or Heng Seng?
brian, define “good”.