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Education

Early School Start Times: High Cost of Status Quo

It's expensive to change start times? How much is it costing us to maintain the status quo?

Montgomery Petition to Start School Later: Who Supports the Change and Why (in Potomac Patch)

Press Release: Montgomery Petition to Start School Later - Detailed Report Highlights Who Supports the Change & Why

Personal and Professional Testimony on Start Times at AACPS Hearing

Experts speak on Start Times at AACPS and 3,500+ Community Members Sign Petition

Awareness

School Start Times: Montgomery County School Board forms Working Group to Study (in Potomac Patch)

Big News for Advocates of Healthier School Schedules in Montgomery County and neighbors in Anne Arundel and Fairfax

Awareness

Start School Later: The Kids are Exhausted

Students trying to reason with adults on healthy school start times. Montgomery parents go to the school board; Anne Arundel is next.

Anne Arundel County Start School Later: Joining Forces

Start School Later in Anne Arundel - New Friends in Nearby Places

Issues

Advocates Join Forces To Push For Later School Start Times (in Potomac Patch)

Latest news from Start School Later: Strength in numbers

Start School Later: Time to Step Up in Anne Arundel County

It's time to get active for healthy school start times in Anne Arundel County Schools. Sign the petition: no more sending kids to school in the dark!

Issues

Start School Later: School Board to Prioritize Healthy Students (in Potomac Patch)

MCPS prioritizes health and social and emotional well-being of children. Let's consider sleep and healthy school start times.

Awareness

Is there a link between early high school start times, mental health and teen suicides?

School Start Times, Mental Health and Teen Suicides?

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