School Board Weighs Later Start Time After Parents Say Kids 'Lack Energy' at 7:30 a.m. Bell
A Wayzata Public Schools study found that fifty percent of Wayzata parents say their teen “lacks energy” possibly due to early school start times. Teachers say kids learn better in the afternoon.
At a Jan. 28 meeting, Wayzata Public School board members reviewed a study that said more than half of Wayzata High School students have difficulties “waking up and getting moving” in the morning. This lack of energy could be due to the school’s early start time. According to school board documents, Wayzata High School’s 7:30 a.m. start is the earliest start time in the Lake Conference. Edina High School has a “0 hour” period from 7:30-8:25, which students can optionally attend. Minnetonka High School has the latest school start time in the conference with classes beginning at 8 a.m. “One challenge that exists in modification to school start times is in accommodating for the busy lives of students and their families,” Superintendent Chace …
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Clint E.R.
10:50 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
If Wayzata in all their brilliance can't figure out data from data that is nearly two decades old, they should not only be fired; fraud charges are in order. That is unless they can prove an insanity charge, which almost worked for the Lund family! more ›