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🌱 Why Orono teens still start school at 8:00 a.m. despite science

Orono, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • Why Orono teens still start school at 8:00 a.m. despite science

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📰 News we're reading

• Why Teen Biology and District Budgets Can't Always Share the Same Agenda (spartanspeaks.com) — Orono families face an 8:00 a.m. high school start time that sleep science says is too early for most teens, especially those with later biological clocks. District leaders acknowledge the health research but cite busing costs, safety concerns for younger students, and activity schedules as reasons they haven’t shifted to a later bell yet.
   

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