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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kyle McDaniel sent out this update on the topic in an email. No vote occurred yet to my knowledge.

School Start Times
Conversations on changing middle school start times have been ongoing for many years now, dating back to 2011. Earlier this year, an outside consultant presented their findings which, in my opinion, were lacking a realistic approach to changing the middle school schedule. More importantly, the conclusion drawn from their analysis was that there are only two ways to change middle school start times: 1) change start times for all grade levels; or 2) increase the transportation budget by $6.4-$17.3 million to acquire and run 75-100 additional busses.

I will not support option 2, which is not grounded in fiscal reality. As a result, and as I made clear back in February when this was presented to the School Board, if we have to shift all school start times, it is no longer a conversation on changing Middle School times, it is a conversation on changing all start times. As a result, the School Board tasked FCPS staff with developing options to shift all start times, and to collect community feedback on the most viable options.

The two options that were presented were: 1) All Elementary School start times are shifted earlier (7:45-8:10am); or 2) All school start times are shifted 30 minutes later which would have some Elementary School not starting to nearly 10am.

Based on analysis and community feedback, neither of these options are realistically viable. To put it more plainly, the only way to shift Middle School start times without causing significant disruption to the other 11 grade levels is to increase the transportation budget by ~$15m.

With those being the only two options, I do not support moving forward with changing any start times right now.[/quote]

SB should have known and anticipated these changes would come at some cost and adjustments to all schools.  It’s common sense.  Also 15mil is a drop in the bucket for fcps.[/quote]

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