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Cabell County board declines to send school start-time survey, urges local stakeholder review
Summary
The Cabell County Board of Education voted May 6, 2025, not to send a district-wide survey about changing middle- and high-school start times and instead recommended local school improvement committees review the issue and gather stakeholder input.
The Cabell County Board of Education voted Tuesday, May 6, 2025, not to send a districtwide survey asking whether middle- and high-school start times should change, after public commenters urged a slower, stakeholder-driven process.
Board President Polley moved to halt a district survey on start times and the motion carried with no opposition. The board instead encouraged Local School Improvement Committees (LSICs) and community stakeholders to examine the issue and provide input at publicly noticed meetings.
Supporters of later start times framed the question as a student-health issue. David Pittinger, a research psychologist at Marshall University,…
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