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Superintendent outlines 2025–26 bell‑time plan, including two‑tier busing and earlier high‑school starts
Summary
District staff presented a proposed schedule and two‑tier bus plan for 2025–26 intended to reduce student ride time, align start times and meet contractual instructional‑time requirements; final times and routes will be refined in spring and finalized in August.
The superintendent presented a proposed bell‑time and transportation plan for the 2025–26 school year that would change start times across the district, move to a two‑tier busing model and aim to reduce student ride time.
The plan calls for a two‑tier bus system that would transport grades 5 through 12 on one set of runs and kindergarten through 4 on another. Under the proposal high school start times would move to roughly 7:20–7:30 a.m. (plus or minus a few minutes), middle/intermediate schools would be scheduled near mid‑morning arrivals (examples discussed included an intermediate start around 8:25 a.m.), and elementary schools would start later (the administration cited a sample elementary start near 8:40 a.m. with dismissal…
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