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https://newcanaanite.com/superintendent-proposes-1-47-increase-in-spending-that-includes-busing-costs-for-new-start-times-schedule-2355681

https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Later-school-start-times-in-budget-in-New-Canaan-14956464.php

https://newcanaanite.com/board-of-ed-favors-plan-to-start-new-canaan-high-school-nearly-one-hour-later-1309644

https://newcanaanite.com/district-proposed-new-school-start-times-schedule-wouldnt-require-kids-to-wait-in-the-dark-for-the-bus-2210725

https://newcanaanite.com/large-school-start-times-committee-to-convene-in-october-1673831

Budget in New Canaan stays within guidelines

http://connecticut.news12.com/story/40983769/back-to-school-starting-class-at-later-time

https://www.startnewcanaanlater.org/

https://patch.com/connecticut/newcanaan/debate-over-school-start-times-continues-new-canaan

https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/New-Canaan-explores-later-school-start-times-14099750.php

https://newcanaanite.com/district-officials-release-school-start-times-survey-results-public-facing-committee-to-convene-in-the-fall-69777

https://newcanaanite.com/district-rules-out-starting-school-later-for-2018-19-academic-year-63249

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-0684-radi0-43064592/episode/0684-radi0-school-start-times-in-new-45416130/

https://darienite.com/new-canaan-board-of-ed-supports-later-start-time-for-high-school-46581

https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-high-school-start-times-20191003-bkq4qvaxxndijpzzfo2tu6ytzy-story.html

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-norwalk-hour/20181104/281642486180391

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/New-Canaan-parents-push-for-later-school-start-13759501.php

https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Focus-group-discusses-later-school-start-times-13351874.php

https://www.change.org/p/new-canaan-parents-encourage-the-boe-to-implement-doctor-recommended-school-start-time-of-8-30-am-or-later-for-grades-7-12

https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Later-school-start-time-options-outlined-13416162.php

https://ctmirror.org/2015/08/06/most-middle-and-high-schools-start-too-early-study-says/

https://today.uconn.edu/2017/11/influencing-school-start-times-science/#

Los Angeles Times - "Sleep Education" Must Play a Role in Discussion about School Start Times (November 14, 2017)

Los Angeles Times - Kids Need More Sleep, but Forcing Schools to Push Back Start Times Is not the Answer (Septtember 10, 2017)

Washington Post - Letting Teens Sleep In Would Save the Country Roughly $9 Billion a Year (Septmber 1, 2017)

Wall Street Journal - Schools Start How Early? How Families Juggle Mornings that Vary Widly (August 31, 2016)

Washington Post - Doctors Urge Later Start Times for Teens (September 5, 2014)

Washington Post - Blue Light from Electronic Devices Disturbs Sleep, Especially for Teenagers (September 7, 2014)

Washington Post - The Big Number: How 48 Minutes of Extra Sleep Helped Teens (August 16, 2019)

Los Angeles Times - Do Later School Starts Help? More Research Is Needed (September 22, 2019)

Hartrford Courant - Why We Need to Let Our Children Sleep (June 16, 2019)

Wall Street Journal - Teens Snooze, Grade-School Students Lose (September 26, 2019)

Education Week - High School Naps May Boost Learning for Sleep-Deprived Teenagers (August 1, 2019)

Pediatric Sleep Physician from Yale University Dr. Craig Canapari's website

Center for Disease Control and Prevention - "Schools Start Too Early"

National Sleep Foundation "Backgrounder: Later School Start Times"

US News - "Parents, Educators: Later High School Start Times Yield Mixed Results"

Psychology Today - "Starting School Later is not Enough"

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - "Later school start times for supporting the education, health, and well-being of high school students"

NCBI - Longitudinal Outcomes of Start Time Delay on Sleep, Behavior, and Achievement in High School

Cochrane - "Later school start times for supporting the education, health, and well-being of high school students"

American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement - "School Start Times for Adolescents"

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