With the pandemic allowing kids to embrace flexible schedules and research suggesting that later school start means better-rested children, schools are wondering if they should revisit their work hours
At Jasudben ML School in Santa Cruz, attendance has been impressive in the primary section and kindergarten. Pics/Shadab Khan
In 2014, the American Academy of Paediatrics issued an advisory urging schools in the country to adjust start times so that more kids would get the recommended 8.5 to 9.5 hours of night rest. Suggesting that instructions begin no earlier than 8.30 am, the group cited significant risks that come with lack of sleep, including higher rates of obesity and depression and motor-vehicle accidents among teens. Consequently, there were sporadic experiments by district schools.
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