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PA School Districts
Investigating Changing School Hours
Many school districts in Pennsylvania have officially initiated school start time studies and have posted information on their websites. We will continue to add to this list as other district webpages are created and/or information is given.
Allegheny County
- Fox Chapel SD - Sleep Committee Page
- North Allegheny SD - Tackling Student Stress
- Bensalem Township SD - Resources and Articles
- Bristol Township SD - Beginning investigation of later school start times (News Article)
- Centennial SD - Secondary School Start Time Committee
- Central Bucks SD - Rethinking School Start Times & Infographic
- Council Rock SD - School Start Times
- New Hope Solebury SD - Administration having initial conversations on investigation of later school start times
- Pennridge SD - Sleep and School Start Time
- Pennsbury SD - Beginning investigation of later school start times (News Article)
- Quakertown Community SD - School Start Times Committee and Superintendent Goals 2019-2020 (Listed under Domain 4, 2a: Culture of Safety, Security and Wellness)
- Owen J Roberts SD - Sleep Health (Chester County)
- West Chester Area SD - School Start Times Task Force (May 2019) Letter from the Superintendent (April 2019) Article - West Chester Considering Delayed Start Times for Middle, High Schools (April 10, 2019) (Chester County)
- Derry Township SD - District To Revamp School Start Times in 2021-2022
- Garnet Valley SD - Delayed Start Times for Secondary School Students
- Haverford Township SD - Sleep and Secondary School Start Times
- Upper Darby SD - Article - Upper Darby looks at later high school start time
- Wallingford Swarthmore SD - Sleep and School Start Times (Delaware County)
- Ephrata Area SD - School Start Time Study (Lancaster County) (Voted to Change February 2020)
- Hempfield SD - Hempfield, Solano among districts studying later school start times (article)
- Solanco SD - Hempfield, Solano among districts studying later school start times (article)
- East Penn SD - Article - East Penn Agrees to Study Later Start Times
- Hatboro-Horsham SD - Beginning investigation of later school start times (News Article)
- Lower Merion SD - Sleep and School Start Times & News Clip - Channel 10
- Perkiomen Valley SD - School Start Times Committee
- Springfield Township SD - Superintendent's Message letter about later school start times and "Snooze or Lose - the Public Health Epidemic of Teen Sleep Loss" by Dr. Wendy Troxel, at Springfield Township HS 12-5-19
- Upper Dublin SD - Multimedia - Adolescent Sleepiness Discussion & Adolescent Sleepiness Data Review
- Upper Merion Area SD - Adolescent Sleep and Secondary Start Times