Proposals to delay high school’s opening until 8 a.m. or 9:15 am will be debated in Howard County, Maryland. Nationally, school start times have been an occasional flash point. California became the first state this year to require public schools to open later. Montgomery County, Maryland, is studying the impact of later high school start times. The county’s high schools now open at 7:45 a.m., up 20 minutes earlier than in previous years.
