Reduced time spent on extracurriculars
- Starting school later means ending school later and reducing the amount of time a teen has to spend on extracurricular.
- When students from Ridgefield, CT were asked if they wanted to have their school starting time pushed back by 35 minutes they responded by saying that they liked the way things were currently
"'66% and 74% of students felt that the high school starting at 8 a.m. would negatively affect athletic participation and their ability to complete homework'"(Coulter).