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Parent urges District 303 to push back school start date, citing summer heat and bus riders
Summary
A parent asked the board to delay the start of the school year later in August and recommended a districtwide survey: she argued historic starts were later, heat and bus rider welfare are concerns, and that other nearby districts start later.
Kelly Ross, a parent of two District 303 students, used her public‑comment time to urge the board to move the school start date later in August. Ross said the district has gradually shifted the start earlier from historically later dates (she cited a kindergarten start on Aug. 19 in a prior year) and questioned why the district now begins before mid‑ to late‑August.
Ross sa…
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