The Philadelphia School District changed our bell schedule to 9am to 4pm which will take place next year! The school board did not address this time change with anyone! Not the teachers, students nor the parents. We need our voices heard, this cannot go unnoticed. Many students work after school and so do many teachers. There are kids that have family members to take care of after school, kids that live far away, and have a long commute time. As a teenager, I understand that it is hard to juggle both our mental health and school as well as many other things! If this time change is enforced then we would have the whole day dedicated to school which is VERY draining to us especially those who take on extra work like duel enrollment or AP classes. Imagine yourself going too school at 9 getting home by like 4:30-5:00, going too work getting out of work at like 10-11 (if you work) then staying up until like 2am in order to get your work done. Does that sound like a life you want to have because I know it’s not what I want; particularly because I am a person who deals with depression and it is not easy to juggle all this and my mental health. WE NEED TOO COME TOGETHER AS A WHOLE IF WE WANT THINGS TO CHANGE!!!!!!