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Bloomfield, NJ!

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Start School Later Bloomfield, NJ is a student-led local chapter of the national Start School Later organization, advocating for healthy, evidence-based school start times aligned with adolescent sleep science.

Bloomfield High School currently begins at 7:45 a.m., with some students scheduled for activities that start even earlier. Medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, have long recommended that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. due to the unique biological sleep needs of adolescents.

Our chapter works to:

• Elevate student and staff perspectives on school start times
• Share established medical and public health research
• Explore realistic, phased approaches that account for academics, transportation, and extracurriculars

We have engaged with students, parents, district leadership, and medical professionals, and recently conducted a school-wide survey to better understand how current start times affect learning, health, and well-being.

To contact the Bloomfield, NJ chapter, please use the contact form on this page.

Below is our Bloomfield-specific policy brief, which was shared with the Board of Education and district administration and outlines research, regional context, and feasible implementation considerations.

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