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Superintendent to survey community about modest later start-time shifts; MBTA Communities Act under legal review
Summary
Superintendent announced surveys for parents, staff and high-school students about 30- or 45-minute later start times and said operational constraints (bus fleet, before/after-care) limit options; staff also reported reviewing the MBTA Communities Act and awaiting SJC guidance in a related Milton case.
The superintendent reported to the Dracut School Committee on Dec. 9 that the district will send surveys to parents, staff and high-school students about possibly pushing start times later by 30 or 45 minutes. The superintendent said operational limits — particularly transportation — constrain the district's options and that flipping the elementary and secondary schedules appears infeasible because of bus routing and the risk of eliminating before- and after-school care.
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