Volusia County recently made the decison to change school times in 2019-2020. This decision was probably the worst one Volusia County has ever made. It will affect each level drastically. Some kids in High School have jobs to support their family. If high school ends at 3:30 p.m. kids who have these jobs will lose a whole hour pay each day. That means each day, those student’s family could lose $10 a day. To some families, that is a lot to be losing. Not only that, Students already stay up late to finish homework, now students who do after School activities, such as sports or clubs, will get home after 6:00 p.m. and then they will have to stay up later to finish their homework. It will be even later for Middle School students, considering they get out at 4:15 p.m. If Volusia County is worried that students are coming to school tired, giving them an hour to get to School will not help. Students will have the mindset that they can stay up one hour later because they can wake up one hour later. Also if High School is “supposed” to be preparing you for life, all jobs start early. So getting used to an early start is very important to be ready for after High School. Therefore, if Volusia County was actually worried about the students, they would keep the School times the same, and focus on more important things.