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District forms steering committee to review high‑school schedules and later start times
Summary
Council Rock officials said they will convene a 25‑member steering committee, begin summer meetings and conduct school visitations to study schedule models, including the potential for later start times; subcommittees and public engagement are planned.
The Council Rock Education Committee heard on April 28 that the district has formed a steering committee to study high‑school schedules and the feasibility of later start times.
District leaders said invitations have been issued for a roughly 25‑member steering committee that will include principals, master schedulers, curriculum coordinators, assistant principals, teachers, parents and students. The committee will meet starting in June and is expected to convene twice during the summer. The district said it will study a range of scheduling formats — four‑ to eight‑period days, block schedules, unified lunches, advisory or embedded intervention/enrichment periods — and may form subcommittees to focus on specific tradeoffs.
Administrators said they anticipate site visits to districts with scheduling models of interest and previously visited Central Bucks, Pennsbury and Unionville in the 2019 review. They said they currently do not plan to hire a consultant but might reconsider if the committee encounters impasses. The district also said it will include later start times as a topic for one of the subcommittees and recognize that changing start times can be a heavier lift because of athletics, extracurriculars and regional alignment with other districts.
The district reported it has three parent and three to four student seats filled on the committee and emphasized that broader input may be collected through surveys, town halls and focused student or parent focus groups.
Ending
District leaders said they will update the board throughout the next academic year and could organize town halls at both high schools if schedule options are narrowed and public feedback is needed.
