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Clear Creek ISD:  ​Parents, students, and health professionals can apply to be on the CCISD School Start Time Committee.  More info at:   https://ccisd.net/cms/One.aspx?portalId=645487&pageId=88469650 
​Deadline:  Sept. 19th, 2019.
Our National Petition
SSL Houston Area chapter leader, Yen Rabe, and two students from Pasadena High School, Pedro Gonzalez and Juliette Venegas and SSL Texas chapter leader, Debbie Moore, testified at the TX Senate Select Hearing on School Violence, July 18, 2018.
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Teens need 9-10 hours of sleep.  Students have a hard time going to sleep before their biological bedtime of 11pm which can result in sleep deprivation for teens.  This can be exacerbated by staying up longer doing homework and being on electronic devices. Some consequences are: increases school-based violence, depression and suicidal ideation.

Houston Area Chapter Leader, Yen Rabe's comments to the Brazoria County Commissioner's Court about enforcement of teen curfews.

SSL Houston Area Informational and Planning Meeting
Parker Williams Public Library,
10851 Scarsdale Blvd, Houston, TX 77089
11pm-1pm, the 4th Saturday of each month
Everyone is welcome!  RSVP at 281-229-1409.

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Houston ISD has standardized their bell schedules for the 2018-19 academic year.  Middle and high schools will start at 8:30 am.   ​http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2018/01/10/hisd-to-standardize-school-start-times-for-the-2018-19-school-year/.  The rest of the Houston area has the largest cluster of early daily high school start times in the state. SSL Texas is advocating for healthy schools for middle and high schools in this area. Click here for a list of Houston area high school start times.
Pearland ISD petition for healthy hours. The district begins high school at 7:15 AM!

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD petition to start school later. The district begins high school at 7:20 AM!
Goose Creek CISD will start high schools at 8:25 am for the 2018-2019 academic year.  http://baytownsun.com/local/article_8a1487da-00a1-11e8-887a-ff6dbed956d2.html
Pasadena ISD has a Review Start Time Committee since January 2015.  The district begins high school at 7:15 am. 
Cy-Fair ISD, like districts around the country, are experiencing driver shortages. Early school start times require irregular hours for drivers creating problems with getting their own children to school!

Yen Rabe, Houston Area Chapter Founder, July 2015
"Given the state of the data on how poor sleep affects adolescent development, to do nothing is really to do harm."  Judith Owens, MD

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