PITTSBURGH, Penn. — A school district in Pennsylvania is proposing starting classes later in the morning to improve the physical health and mental well-being of students.
Upper St. Clair School District -- a suburb of Pittsburgh -- would change the start times of its high schools, elementary schools and middle schools, if the plan is approved by the school board, Superintendent Dr. John Rozzo told ABC News.
Rozzo said that the district had been studying the benefits of moving back school start times since the early 1990s, but it never got off the ground. However, it was revisited in 2015 as part of the district's five-year plan. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics have both advocated for later start times for students.
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