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Some Cherry Creek Schools students will have to go to bed a little earlier next school year, but some others get to sleep in.

The school board made the unanimous decision to .

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO - MARCH 13: Cherry Creek school bus drivers get their buses ready at the Cherry Creek Bus terminal March 13, 2014 in time for their route. The largest single cut at Cherry Creek Schools was to transportation. The district had to increase the walking distances for middle and high schools in 2010 (Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post)
CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO - MARCH 13: Cherry Creek school bus drivers get their buses ready at the Cherry Creek Bus terminal March 13, 2014 in time for their route. The largest single cut at Cherry Creek Schools was to transportation. The district had to increase the walking distances for middle and high schools in 2010 (Photo by John Leyba/The Denver Post)

Beginning next year, elementary school start times would be pushed back from 9 a.m. to 8 a.m.; middle school would be moved later, from 7:50 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. and high school students would start later, with times moved from 7:10 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.

The school board says the plan is backed by science. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have pushed for later bell times.

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