DISTRICT KIDS COULD GET TIME TO SLEEP MORE; SCHOOLS MAY START UP AT 8:30.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley teen-agers might get to sleep a little later on school days. Thanks to studies indicating students do better at their school work later in the day, the Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale is considering changing the starting time Noun 1. starting time - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, kickoff, beginning, first for classes from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. The time change has the added benefit of keeping teens in class an hour later each afternoon, reducing the time they have to get in trouble on their own. ``There are studies that say kids are more tuned in to school if they start a little later,'' said school board President Bill Olenick. ``There are studies that say kids take longer to get their minds working and adjusted and ready for school.'' The board will discuss school times at its meeting 6:30 tonight at the district office, 44811 N. Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . If the trustees want to look into the matter further, district staffers will be directed to come back in a month with a report on the advantages and disadvantages of such a change, Olenick said. If the board does approve changing the school start and end times, the new schedule would take effect next September, Olenick said. With an estimated 40,000 people commuting from the Antelope Valley to work in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. or elsewhere, Olenick said, starting and ending school later would cut down on the time students are unsupervised in the afternoon. ``This will take care of the down time after school before parents get home,'' Olenick said. ``There is that concern of students getting out of school at 2:30 and having those extra hours.'' One concern about changing the times is busing students to and from school. High schools and three elementary school elementary school: see school. districts share buses as part of the Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency. ``Right now, we have a schedule that works with the elementary schools and the high schools,'' Olenick said. ``That will have to be worked out so that everyone will be accommodated.'' Any costs associated with changing school times probably would come from the transportation of students, in that more buses might have to be added to the schedule, Olenick said. |
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