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Welcome to SLEEP in Fairfax.org
SLEEP Goal:To increase awareness of teen sleep needs and to change Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) middle and high school start times to later in the morning. Research shows that later start times correspond with teen sleep needs and improve health, quality of life, and school performance. The effort to change Fairfax County Public School start times by parents concerned about the health impact of too-early high school start times on adolescent students has been going on for at least 10 years. SLEEP was started in January 2004 by Sandy Evans and Phyllis Payne. Momentum is building for a change. We need your continuing support to finally accomplish the goal of so many parents for so long. To learn more about the history of this issue in Fairfax, please visit the History page. News UpdatesJune 2010 AnnouncementThe body of evidence supporting the need for later school start times is strong and growing! Breaking news: Study in Virginia
shows real safety advantage for communities that choose healthy school start
times for teens: SLEEP is reorganizing and reenergizing! Sandy Evans was elected to serve on the School Board, and is no loger a co-chair of SLEEP. Please join us in welcoming our new co-chair, Rona Ackerman. If you are interested in volunteering to help during 2010-2011, please email us. Over the next year, there will be some excellent opportunities to advocate for healthier start times in our schools. Please let us know if you’d like to be part of our team of volunteers. As always, we welcome your thoughts, suggestions, and assistance with regard to next steps and strategies for moving forward. Please join the Official SLEEP in Fairfax County Facebook group. Previous SLEEP website annoucements are available on the History page: NSF's
Great American Sleep Challenge SLEEP on the CBS Morning Show-click here At the February 2, 2007 budget hearing. Katarina Berger, Lee Pyramid Coordinator, provided a light moment with the poem, Revise the Rule which some School Board members promisedto post in their offices as inspiration. New web page design thanks to Kelly Midura, a SLEEP volunteer. Contact SLEEP at sleep@sleepinfairfax.org. 
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