A 5 second google search shows that the new school starts at 9a, same as the Canadian schools you cited: https://thinkprogress.org/lebron-james-akron-school-e04

A 5 second google search shows that the new school starts at 9a, same as the Canadian schools you cited: https://thinkprogress.org/lebron-james-akron-school-e04410e32534/ https://thinkprogress.org/lebron-james-akron-school-e04410e3... These people are professional educators, so maybe we shouldn't assume they don't know what they are doing.