A group of Myers Park High School students is pushing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to start high schools later, arguing that current start times leave teens chronically sleep deprived.
Most CMS high schools begin classes around 7:15 a.m. The students say that schedule runs counter to adolescent biology — and research shows later start times could improve teens’ mental health and academic performance.
Myers Park junior Ella Shaller first learned about teen sleep deprivation through a project for her school’s Community Problem Solvers Club. What began as an extracurricular assignment quickly became personal…