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Poudre School District continues bell-time study; board asks staff to explore swap of middle- and high-school tiers
Summary
Board members and staff reviewed multiple routing scenarios that would shift school start times, asked for further analysis (including a potential swap of middle- and high-school tiers), and stressed a preference for options that are cost-neutral given budget and bus-fleet constraints.
Poudre School District R-1 officials on Jan. 28 updated the Board of Education on an ongoing study of school bell schedules and asked staff to model additional scenarios, including swapping middle- and high-school tiers and testing cost-neutral options.
The district’s chief financial officer, Dave Montoya, told the board the three-tier routing system adopted in August 2024 reduced about 10 bus routes and helped transportation stabilize after driver shortages during the COVID era. “For the first time since 2020 we had the proper number of drivers either on staff or in a class getting ready to graduate,” Montoya said. He added the work also produced an estimated $1.1 million of budgetary savings compared with the prior system.
Why this matters: board members and many parents raised concerns about the earliest middle-school start (07:30) and late elementary start (09:05) that followed the district’s August routing change. The board asked…
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