Summary Article #2

This article says that students with a delayed start time sleep longer, and report less daytime sleepiness. This study was focused on 259 high school students who completed a School Sleep Habits questionnaire. Before the school delay, the students sleeping mean was of 7.03 hours per school night, with an average bed-time of 10:52 p.m. and an average wake-up time as 6:12 a.m. According to the results, the school started 45 minutes later than usual, the students slept a significantly longer amount of time. These changes were on all age groups of the school. Many students reported no sleepiness during school days. The students utilized 83 percent of the 40 minute delay given sleeping. It is recommended that teenagers get at least nine hours of sleep per night.