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St. Charles 303 reviews start/end time options; district keeps current schedule after transportation and cost analysis
Summary
Superintendent reviewed why the district set current start and end times and presented scenarios examined—district cited bus-tier math, student safety and costs (an estimated $3.7 million for buses plus $1.4 million in salaries) as reasons to retain current times.
Superintendent Paul Gordon provided a board update Jan. 13 on the district’s analysis of start and end times and explained why St. Charles CUSD 303 is keeping its current schedule.
Gordon traced the district’s timeline: the elementary day was expanded to seven hours beginning in the 2019–20 school year, then shortened back to 6 hours and 20 minutes in 2022–23 after administration concluded the added specials were not financially sustainable. He said the revision had no connection to school boundary changes.
Gordon said start/end-time planning in District 303 must account for the district’s tiered busing system—high school, middle school…
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