Starting School In The Morning, By Anne Wheaton
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The article was about how studies have shown that school starts early in the mornings and how it affects us kids. With the lack of sleep, that can create health problems. They had a school year survey from 2011-2012 which showed that average time school would start would be at 8:03 a.m. Anne Wheaton, an epidemiologist who works at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, says that at that time its too early to start school. "Tweens and teens are experiencing shifts in their natural sleep cycles. Their bodies’ inner “clocks” make it hard for them to go to bed before 10:30 or 11:00 p.m.", says Wheaton.
Most of the schools would start earlier than 8:30 a.m. For example, the schools in Louisiana had an average of starting school at around