in an effort to improve student sleep habits.ĭespite positive intentions, many at Palo Alto High School are dismayed by the impacts the changes have had on their lives. The new schedule pushes back the start time from 8:10 a.m (Paly’s start time during the 2019-20 school year, the last time students were in person) to 9 a.m. In May, school officials announced the new bell schedule that would be used for the 2021-22 school year. “You get out later, so you start all your work later, and therefore you go to bed later.” (Photo: Daniel Garepis-Holland)Īfter nearly seven weeks of school under the new bell schedule, many students and teachers at Palo Alto High School feel the changes have seriously disrupted their afternoon activities, while having little positive impact on sleep schedules. “I honestly don’t think gives a lot of teens more sleep,” Defendi-Cho said. According to junior Niccolo Defendi-Cho, the new bell schedule doesn’t offer him more time to sleep, due to later dismissal times.

Many feel that the later start and end times this school year have negatively affected their personal lives, without delivering on the promise of more sleep. SeptemSophomore Esther Chung walks home from Palo Alto High School just after 4 p.m., the latest ending time of the week.

Holland township school bell schedule