For many years, school has been from 7:30 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. This has to be changed for the better. To start off, athletes leave TWO whole periods before anyone else, missing electives and / or core classes. Our hours need to be shortened for them to get caught up with their missing work instead of teaching themselves at home. We are expected to have 8-9 hours of sleep, do extra curricular activities, finish our community service hours, do homework and study all in the same night. However, there aren't enough hours in the day. The average student sleeps at 12-2 AM, and must wake up at the crack of dawn to start getting ready for school. Studies have shown that, for the brain and body to function properly, we have to wake up around 10 AM. Waking up so early and sleeping so late can easily be caused by our long school hours and our responsibilities. More importantly, the mental health of students are at risk. Anxiety, depression & many more mental health issues develop because of the length and the amount of pressure we have on  students. Enough stress and people simply stop caring about school. Please consider these factors and help us change our hours. We need at least 1000 petitions to show them something that matters. Please contribute !