After several years of studies commissioned to the Children’s National Health System, the Fairfax County School Board voted yesterday to implement later start times for high school students.
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Everybody needs their precious sleep
Later start times for high schools means earlier start times for middle schools
The new strategy will cost over $4M to implement and it will flip-flop the middle school schedules with the high school schedules. Fairfax County Middle schools will now have earlier bell schedules (around 7:30am), and High schools will now have bell schedules starting at around 8:15 am.