UPPER DARBY, Pa. - Upper Darby High School will start later in the fall after a sleep study found many teens don't perform well early in the morning.In-person teaching will begin at 9:45 a.m.
for students. Prior to that, the school will utilize asynchronous learning-a series of short offline 20-minute companion courses the students will take that coincide with each one-hour in-person class later in the day-starting at 7:30 a.m.
at home.The school day will still end at the same time."This is not pandemic related," said Dr. Greg Manfre, Director of Secondary Education. "This is really mostly about the sleep study and what we think is best for our students."The students don't have to do work at 7:30 a.m.