[sigstoat]

every school i attended was open well in advance of the start of classes so as to serve breakfast to kids who ate it there.

at the elementary school level there were even some enrichment programs beforehand.

even if some kids still have to wake up early, they can benefit from not having to have to take tests until a bit later in the morning.

[Gibbon1]

I remember high school back in the 1970's. Classes started at 8:30 and had 6 periods. But the last one was all optional classes. It's deranged they didn't flip that.

Feels like start times have gotten worse. Especially due to paranoia about letting kids walk around by themselves. Busing and low density suburbs. And school closures. Probably also administrators impulse to inflict control on students and teachers.