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Taney Dragons Parade Plans, Darby Bullet Fire, Later School Start Times

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/26/14 1:27 am | updated: 08/26/14 1:27 am

The City of Philadelphia has announced plans to celebrate the Taney Dragons for becoming the third best little league team in the nation. The sweethearts of the summer will be honored with a parade kicking off at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The party starts at 20th and Market Streets, before a parade will make its way east on Market, and then south on Broad Street down to FDR Park. A rally will then be held at FDR Park around 4 p.m., where the Taney Dragons will get ready for an on-field, pre-game tribute by the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

Police in Darby Borough, Delaware County are investigating a shooting Sunday night in which a bullet landed just inches from where a three-year-old child was sleeping. The street corner at 5th and Walnut in Darby Borough is the focus of a police investigation, to find out who fired five 9 mm rounds. The suspects are described as two black males, standing 6â€™1â€³ and 5â€™8â€³, with thin builds. They are believed to be in their late teens or early 20â€™s, and were last seen wearing gray shirts and dark pants.

Pediatricians have a new prescription for schools: later start times for teens. Delaying the start of the school day until at least 8:30 a.m. would help curb their lack of sleep, which has been linked with poor health, bad grades, car crashes and other problems, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in a new policy. The influential group says teens are especially at risk; for them, â€œchronic sleep loss has increasingly become the norm.â€ More than 40 percent of the nationâ€™s public high schools start classes before 8 a.m., according to government data cited in the policy. And even when the buzzer rings at 8 a.m., school bus pickup times typically mean kids have to get up before dawn if they want that ride. The policy, aimed at middle schools and high schools, was published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Evidence on potential dangers for teens who get too little sleep is â€œextremely compellingâ€ and includes depression, suicidal thoughts, obesity, poor performance in school and on standardized tests and car accidents from drowsy driving. The policy cites studies showing that delaying start times can lead to more nighttime sleep and improve studentsâ€™ motivation in class and mood.

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