Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

A Clark County School District survey detailing broad but divided community responses to shifting school start times by 30 minutes will be one focus of tonight’s school board meeting.

Conducted from Sept. 26 to Oct. 17, the online survey drew nearly 48,000 participants, including 26,000 parents and guardians, 16,000 district staff and 8,700 students.

While a majority in each group recognized health and academic benefits to later school starting times, support for the change varied sharply. Nearly 78% of parents and guardians responding saw more sleep as “extremely” or “likely” beneficial and 75% cited improved mental health for students, but only about 43% of parent respondents fully backed the proposed 30-minute shift. Conflicts w

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