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Start School Later Seattle is committed to protecting the health and safety of public school students by advocating for reasonable school start times and working in a positive manner within the local community.

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Can this be real? Everett Schools are considering moving their 7:30 a.m. start times even earlier: to 7:10 a.m.

"Early to rise" may be holding back high school students:
Earlier start times for Everett high schools would save money, but could also hurt learning. HeraldNet. May 12, 2013
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"... our Seattle group is now officially named, Start School Later Seattle... The background research info available from the national organization has been very helpful in making a persuasive argument to our school board. We have a majority on our side. We will have to work with the new superintendent to determine his stand."     - Cindy Jatul, Founder, Start School Later Seattle
Good news from Start School Later's Coalition Partner in Northshore Seattle, Parent Advocates for a Later School Start (PALS): 

At the 26th June 2012 board meeting the school board directed the district to run the computer models for a later start! If the models demonstrate that a 7:30 high school start time can be achieved, we hope that NSD will implement them for the coming 2012-13 school year. 

To add your voice to this effort, please sign the PALS petition to the Northshore School Board!