Pubdate: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 Source: Anchorage Daily News (AK) Copyright: 2002 The Anchorage Daily News Contact: http://www.adn.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/18 Authors: Lisa Kruschwitz-RN, Angelia Zinsli-RN, Liz Butera-ANP, Marisa Protasel-RN, and Deb Riner-RN LATER SCHOOL TIMES HELP LEARNING, GIVE TEENS LESS TIME FOR TROUBLE As nurses in the community, we applaud the attempt by the Anchorage School Board to change school start times to better meet students' biological sleep needs. We encourage the community to support this change for additional reasons. Specifically, a time change would decrease the amount of unsupervised time that teens have available for experimentation with alcohol, drugs and sex. This could reduce the rates of crime, sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy. It would not only give our teens a good night's rest and promote learning but would also promote a safer and healthier community. Lisa Kruschwitz-RN Angelia Zinsli-RN Liz Butera-ANP Marisa Protasel-RN Deb Riner-RN - --- MAP posted-by: Beth