Why School Should Be Shorter

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School should be shorter. Some schools and cutting the 5 day week down to 4 days due to overworked staff and kids. Kids are expected to go to school for 8 hours, then come home, do their chores, eat a good meal, spent time with their family, do all there homework from school and get 8 to 10 hours of sleep. There is not enough time in the day to get all this stuff done, if schools started later in the day and ended sooner it would be easier on kids.
School starts way to early in the morning it should start later in the morning. Students should get 8 hours of sleep but some kids need to get up earlier and probably won't be getting the full 8 hours and the kids will be tired and not motivated for school. Kids are not getting enough sleep because
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Electricity would be less expensive because the lights and air conditioning would be on less and they would be saving money. Transportation would be less expensive because the busses would be running fewer hours a week and they would be using less gas and saving money. School meals would be less expensive because you would only have to pay for 4 meals instead of 5. When school is shorter your saving money for other things such and school activities, staff pay, and supplies. Making the school days shorter would give kids more time for after school activities. A great advantage of shortening school is that kids would have more free time for themselves, be more active they would be less stressed and have time for the things they are interested in. If school was shorter it would allow kid to have discover new interest and find themselves. Shorter school allows kids to have more time for extracurricular activities like sports, jobs, volunteering, and clubs, but if they are stuck in school all day they don’t have much time for other things. With shorter school kids would have more time to spend with friends and family. You wouldn't want a kid who doesn't spend time with their family would you? With shorter school kids would have more time to go out and try new things instead of being stuck in the classroom all day doing the same type of stuff they do everyday. If kids have more time for new things,and meet new people this could help them in the

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