SLEEP in Fairfax (Start Later for Excellence in Education Proposal)
Also: SLEEP · Start Later for Excellence in Education Proposal
A parent group in Fairfax County, Virginia, that pushed for about ten years to move high school starts later than 7:20 a.m., when some students boarded buses before 6 a.m. The school board adopted an 8 a.m.-or-later goal in 2012, hired Children's National Medical Center's sleep medicine division to run a stakeholder process, and in October 2014 voted 11-1 to start high schools at 8:00-8:10 a.m. from 2015-16.
- Years
- 2004–2015
- Country
- United States
- Topic
- Child healthSleep
- Asks people to
- Support a policy
- Strategy
- Trusted messenger
- Channel
- EventsWebsite
- Audience
- General publicParentsFairfax County School Board, parents of about 57,000 high school students
Evidence
NoneUnknown
Policy won: 11-1 board vote on 23 Oct 2014; adding 27 buses at a reported $4.9 million. No evaluation of student sleep after the change was opened in this pass.
Sponsor (who paid)
- SLEEP in Fairfax (parent advocacy group) NGO
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Related campaigns
- California SB 328 campaign for later school start times 2017–2019
- Start School Later 2011–now
Sources
Research notes
Created 2026-10-24 by an AI research pass for #103 (G1); not reviewed by a person. Start year 2004 comes from a search snippet ('advocating since 2004'); Annandale Today says about 10 years. Co-founder Sandy Evans later sat on the school board. Second source seen in search only. Group's own website not found. To verify: 2004, 2012, 2014, 2015-16, 7:20 a.m., 8:00-8:10 a.m., 11-1, 27 buses, $4.9 million, 57,000.
Record cases/sleep-in-fairfax.json, updated 2026-10-24· Link to this campaign