To the editor:

I have reflected upon how early the public schools open many times before.

What the problem is, really, is that the younger, primary school students have an overabundance of energy, correct?

The day that school starts getting complicated and timeconsuming is the same time when the students get older, and very often, exhausted during school hours especially. It starts to be stressful, and time gets held up.

I have also recently noticed that while recess and snack are revoked after primary school ends, so are many socially conceived events, such as getting rest.

At the age of 7, if you went around and asked every 7-yearold what they thought of nap time, they would groan in disgust. Nap time is like the golden age when you ask 12-year-olds.

Having the ability to take time off and rest is an enormous part of life, and not enough time for that is set up during junior high.

Should we extend school hours and have a free period in the middle of the day? I don’t know.

But should we let the problem go unnoticed? The definite answer to that is no.

Now, I know that this is a statewide problem, and it cannot be fixed by one 11-year-old, but together, it is possible. So tell your neighbor, or friend, or just someone you vaguely know. Just let it be known.

Josie Adolf

Brunswick