Districts across the country have faced pressure from families and community members to shift school start times so that high school students can start school later.. With pediatricians recommending that adolescents get more sleep and some emerging research showing that shifting times can improve learning outcomes, proponents of delaying school days for teens have made a strong case for such changes.
But recent efforts to accommodate these requests and respond to the research demonstrate just how complex transportation planning is at a time when students have growing options on where to attend school.
