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School to Start 20 Minutes Later Next Year in Montgomery County
Schools will push back their bell times next year, board of education members decided.
After lobbying by students that included attending meetings in pajamas, the Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education voted Tuesday to move school start times back 20 minutes for middle school and high school students.
High school students currently have to report by 7:25 a.m.
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Elementary school students will start school ten minutes later.
The change will take effect in the 2015/2016 school year, reports Montgomery Community Media.
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A majority of residents who attended public hearings last month said they support later school start times — also known as bell times —, allowing teenagers to get more sleep.
Students at two hearings testified how tired they were from late nights of homework coupled with early alarms to get to school on time, according to WTOP. Two children even showed up in pajamas and slippers with eye black beneath their eyes for an extra-sleepy look.
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