By starting schools later in California, us students have less time to do homework after school. Yes, we function better later in the day. Yes, children and adolescents need more sleep. By starting school later we have less time after school to do extra curricular activities. What about the kids who have sports? They will have less time to do homework. Athletes will have hour long practices and still have to go home to more work. Starting school later won’t help kids sleep more. We are going to get the same amount of sleep. Kids tend to sleep later anyway. What about kids who need a job to support their homes? How will they manage their time between school, work, and homework? By starting school later in the day, us students are getting LESS sleep. Parents have work that start at 8 or 8:30 and it is almost impossible to get kids into school unless the school provides a school bus, which then causes more fossil fuel being emitted and more money being wasted when we can use that money to support things like school clubs and necessities like books and technology. Starting school earlier in the day has more benefits than starting later.