In the hours before he's due at Upper Darby High School, senior Khalid Doulat has time to say prayers, help his mother or prepare for track practice.
For some schools, the pandemic allowed experimentation to try new schedules. Upper Darby, for one, initially considered later start times in 2019. Ultimately, it found a way to do it this year by using distance learning as a component of the school day. "These mental health challenges are already going to happen and then, with the absence of sleep, are much worse," said Orfeu Buxton, director of the Sleep, Health & Society Collaboratory at Penn State University."The same with decision making, suicidal ideation, those kinds of things."
"I think getting more sleep is definitely helping," Elise Olmstead, a junior."I would be more irritable throughout the day, especially later, because I have a lot of after-school things. I would just have a harder time getting through the day."Fatima Afrani, a freshman, said that when she gets home, she'll usually relax, then help her mom or do homework.
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