So, what are the effects of starting school later? Data shows that teens' sleepiness fell by 60%, tiredness fell by 24%, and unhappiness fell by 21%.
A common argument against this position is extracurricular activities, sports, and part-time jobs may end later in the evening potentially compromising evening family time or homework hours. Teenagers' overall health and education are more important. Researchers believe that elementary schools should start before high school due to teenagers requiring more sleep than younger children.
What can you do to help? We need to ask our school boards to rethink high school start times by just pushing the start time up one hour (for example 7:30 to 8:30). If we want to have productive teenagers then give them that extra sleep and see what a difference it makes. In conclusion yes in my opinion school should start later for teens. If we want our teens to focus and make better decisions then we have to give them what they need and the experts agree this is sleep.