The inspiration for my MARC project came early in January of 2019. I was doing tech for Marin Academy's winter play Our Town, and during tech week, everyone in the cast and crew would stay up until around 2:00am completing their homework, only to get up at 6:00am to go to school. I remembered reading an article previously about the importance of sleep in teenagers, and I began to wonder how tech week was impacting students. I then realized that many teens were likely staying up late due to school, so I decided to research sleep deprivation in the student body at MA.

Through this project, I hope to uncover the impact that an 8:00 start time has on students, especially when compared to other students in the Bay Area whose schools have later start times.