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- Clock in Carlmont’s quad
The time at which school should start in the morning has been much debated, at Carlmont and throughout the nation.
While studies show that teenagers go to sleep later, students at Carlmont still want school to start at the normal time.
Junior Abbey Holman commented, “I want school to start at 8 a.m. because our school runs good already and because if it started later, we would just get out later and I don’t want to get out later.”
Similarly, junior Taylor Choye believes, “School should start at 8 a.m. and have block schedule. If we get out later, we will just have to do homework later. If we have block schedule, it would minimize homework each night so we can sleep later.”
On another note, junior Erika Hall said, “[School should start] at 9 a.m. because once summer ends, we will be more accustomed to sleeping in later.”
Currently, Carlmont does not have late start due to issues regarding morning traffic and students that take the bus.
Scientific studies have shown that everyone has a specific type of sleeping rhythms that occur every 24 hours. These circadian rhythms include lark rhythms, owl rhythm, or a median between the two.
Lark rhythm sleepers tend too fall asleep early and wake up early, whereas owl rhythm sleepers tend to fall asleep later and wake up later.
When teenagers hit puberty, their sleeping patterns are delayed, therefore they cannot fall asleep until later no matter what their previous sleeping pattern was. This stage of delayed sleep can last until 30 years of age.
Although Carlmont’s students are indecisive about the starting time next year, studies reveal that later times will ultimately benefit students.
