California Votes to Ban Schools From Starting Early

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California Votes to Ban Schools From Starting Early

FRANCES BALDERRAMA Staff Writer

 

Lawmakers are voting to pass a bill to prevent schools from starting before 8:30 a.m., providing schools to allow their students to sleep in so they can be fully aware and ready the following day. According to Science Daily, sleep helps people improve their performance of ‘memory tasks’. Assemblymen suggest that this bill could change everything for the better in student’s lives and help them succeed.

The bill, known as SB328, is being voted in to try and help kids excel in school work. This bill, however, was barely passed through the state legislature and must be fulfilled within three years of the finalization. One purpose to passing such a bill is to ensure that young people get an adequate amount of sleep which is a necessity in a student’s life. “Leaders like Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Sheryl Sandberg all say that getting enough rest has helped them get ahead in their careers,” Abigail Hess said in an article published by CNBC. Such leaders who have been very successful throughout their careers have admitted to sleep being a beneficial factor in being able to do your best. However, especially in kids, sleep is a crucial key point to being able to function the next day.

However, this is not the case for all young people. “In some cases it’s okay but it really depends on the person specifically,” Sophomore Sebastian Chen said. “For the average student though, they will most likely benefit from more sleep and less hectic morning routines.” The less stress a student has to wake up early, get ready and be able to get to school on time can be very helpful or make life much easier to deal with. However, many assemblymen have realized that kids staying up late, from technology or homework and early school hours, is a major source of issues at school.

If the time change is imposed, many students claim it would have an adverse effect on their already busy lives. “Students won’t be used to the new schedule and it would mess everything up for our schedules,” Freshman Kimberly Robles said. This bill may not be the best for students who do not like change, but studies show that with more sleep comes an increase in performance.