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# Notes for Guilford School Board Meeting
- URL: https://drcraigcanapari.com/notes-for-guilford-school-board-meeting/
- Published: 2015-01-07T22:58:48.000Z
- Updated: 2015-01-07T22:58:48.000Z
- Author: Craig Canapari MD
- Tags: A Teenager's Guide To Sleep, #canapari-gmail-com, school, school start times, teen sleep, teenager, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-02-27 17:07

Tonight I am speaking at a meeting to discuss school start times in Guilford. I firmly believe that our high school start times are too early (7:25 AM) and that this results in chronic sleep deprivation in our teenagers. [Structural sleep deprivation](https://drcraigcanapari.com/2012/10/11/too-much-homework-too-little-sleep-structural-sleep-deprivation-in-teens/) is a significant problem for teenagers which results in [less than 10% of students getting an adequate amount of sleep nationwide](https://drcraigcanapari.com/2014/12/16/less-than-10-of-high-school-students-get-enough-sleep-at-night/). We know that later school start times have many benefits; perhaps the most pressing of which is [preventing car accidents](https://drcraigcanapari.com/2014/11/30/later-school-start-times-can-save-lives/) and saving lives.

Here is a copy of the slides which Craig Mullet and I are presenting:

[GPS Start Times Jan 7 Presentation](https://drcraigcanapari.com/content/files/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/gps-start-times-jan-7-presentation.pdf)

Here is the report commissioned by Fairfax County. This is the best information availability on the experience that various school districts have had moving their school start times later:

[Change School Start Time Report Fairfax](https://drcraigcanapari.com/content/files/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/change-school-start-time-report-fairfax.pdf)

Here are the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations and technical reports on recommending later school start times:

["Insufficient Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Update on Causes and Consequences" by Judith Owens. ](http://66.147.244.67/~drcraig2/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pediatrics-2014-owens-peds-2014-1696.pdf?ref=drcraigcanapari.com) ["School Start Times for Adolescents", by the Adolescent Sleep Working Group and Committee on Adolescence, and Council School Health](http://66.147.244.67/~drcraig2/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pediatrics-2014-peds-2014-1697.pdf?ref=drcraigcanapari.com)

["Insufficient Sleep in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Update on Causes and Consequences" by Judith Owens.](http://66.147.244.67/~drcraig2/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pediatrics-2014-owens-peds-2014-1696.pdf?ref=drcraigcanapari.com)

And finally, here is a terrific link addressing [myths, misconceptions, and concerns about school start times](http://www.startschoollater.net/myths-and-misconceptions.html?ref=drcraigcanapari.com).