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Student urges Watchung Hills board to delay high school start times, citing sleep research
Summary
A Watchung Hills junior asked the school board to push high school start times later by 30–60 minutes, citing neuroscience classroom lessons and American Academy of Pediatrics guidance; the board thanked the students and said schedule changes face regional busing and articulation logistics.
Chloe Chan, a junior at Watchung Hills Regional High School, told the board at the meeting’s public comment period that students and parents are asking the district to shift the high school day later by 30 minutes to an hour to align with adolescent sleep research. “I’m speaking today to respectfully advocate for new policies that would shift this high school's public school start time later by 30 minutes to an hour,” she said, and added that more than 100 parents and students…
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