Most Central Florida parents oppose moving high school start times to later in the morning, despite evidence its better for teenagers, new surveys show.
The region’s public high schools now mostly start at 7:20 a.m. To comply with a new state law, school districts surveyed parents and students about their views on a later first bell, with Orange County Public Schools offering an 8:40 a.m. start.
To accommodate the later high school times, the district told parents elementary schools would get the early time slot and start classes at 7:45 a.m. instead of the current 8:45 a.m…