Jan 13, 2021 Early to bed, early to rise may make an adult healthy, wealthy and wise but what about children? What is the optimum time of the morning for them to begin the learning process in school?
Some school administrators and at least one board of education member in Ohio County seem to think that the earlier, the better. Wheeling Park High School begins its classes at 7:25 a.m., with some students getting on the bus starting at 6 a.m.
That flies in the face of what the science says about the time of the morning children  particularly teenagers – learn best. A variety of scientific studies including studies from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Association for Pediatrics favor no schools starting before 8:30 a.m.