Is there any reason why schools start early in the morning?

<p>I’m curious how many people fit into that high school cafeteria at once! Ours has a limit of 425 or something due to fire codes, so getting all 1200 students in there for one lunch period wouldn’t work. My son already brings his lunch every day so he doesn’t have to stand in the lunch lines. I do think it’s very weird that some kids have “split lunch”, which means they go to half of 3rd period, then eat lunch, then return to 3rd period. I feel for the teachers who teach those 3rd periods.</p>