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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like this will happen eventually, multiple of the more rational members stated their support for healthy start times aligned with the recommendations of the American Pediatric Association and various other expert groups.

Unfortunately, the change is delayed, supposedly in the hopes that the boundary changes and/or new software will allow the range from earliest-to-latest start times to be narrowed. Given the fact that in the latest proposal only 3% of students are being reassigned, and that our transportation staff has the expertise of working out the viable routes year after year after year, color me skeptical that next year's options will be significantly different than this years unless they somehow come up with more money to fund transportation (also doubtful). Sometimes you just need to accept reality and move forward within the known limitations.[/quote]

I listened to that part of the board meeting and came away with a different conclusion. It sounded like many just wanted to grandstand about how they support changing the times, but there are too many complicating/conflicting factors like cost, daylight, and community opinion to ever actually be able to change anything.[/quote]
I didn’t watch the school board meeting, but through exchanges with my rep, they’ve realized the cost neutral approaches are not achievable.

This should be punted until after they’ve figured out AAP in middle school. They could use the next comprehensive review to evaluate bus run times and model whether any could be improved through boundary adjustments (ie maximizing walk zones, routes that exceed a certain time threshold, and buses that aren’t full.) [/quote]

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