Schools continue to preach about the importance of mental health, and the large role that sleep plays in this. However, as someone who has gone to public schools from K-8 and is attending a private high school, I can assure you that school's early start times are contrary to our biology. My schools deceptive 8:15 start time does not account for the distance some travel, and how long it actually takes to eat a healty breakfast, get dressed (uniform/dress code) and make sure that you have all of your materials for the day. Schools also do not account for studying that has to be done along with the overbearing amount of homework that we are assigned doing as if we have nothing else to do, and at the high school level, this is what it feels like when sports/clubs that we participate in are not in session. If schools were to start later, it would be a benefit to everyone. Teachers would be able to sleep later, as they have to arrive at school before students. Studens would get the proper amount of sleep, and give them tme in the morning to make a proper breakfast, exercise, and have extra study time as well as being able to complete homework in the morning rather than stressing over completing everything in one night. Stress, stress, stress. A buzz word thrown around in health class inside the very place that causes most of our stress. Sleep as a destressing agent can aleviate stress, and being able to sleep longer will make school less of a chore and roadblock in our day, to the learning center we originally intended.