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School board candidates' responses to WAKE UP questionnaire WAKE UP asked candidates for Montgomery County Board of Education some pointed questions. Click here to read their responses. “Sleepwalking through high school: Parents push for later start for teens” September 19, 2002, Montgomery County Sentinel article about WAKE UP. Walter Johnson High School PTA Studies School Start Time Problem. On average, WJ students get less than seven hours of sleep per night. Over 50% of the students surveyed would like to have school start at least an hour later in the morning (8:25 am rather than 7:25 am) Most school buses arrive at Walter Johnson at 7:00 am in order for drivers to have ample time to make the middle school transportation runs. School for teens should begin at noon, study says: Different body clocks -- September 26, 2002, article in the National Post (Canada) www.kevinschuyler.com what one Board of Education candidate is proposing to do about too early start times in Montgomery County high schools This page last revised on October 19,. 2002 |
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