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South Kingstown committee hears Brown University experts on later high-school start times
Summary
A Brown University physician presented research showing later high-school start times improve adolescent sleep, mental health and safety; committee members supported more community outreach and stakeholder workgroups before any schedule change.
Dr. Megan Douglas, a pediatrician who recently retired as a clinical assistant professor at Brown Medicine, told the South Kingstown School Committee that teenagers need about 9 to 9½ hours of sleep and that later school start times can produce measurable benefits for health, learning and safety.
The presentation, given at a committee meeting where the wellness committee asked the district to "level set" the community, cited national guidelines and research showing that shifting high school start times later increases sleep duration, improves daytime alertness and reduces motor-vehicle crashes.
Douglas said national organizations including the American…
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