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Sarasota superintendent outlines plan to meet new Florida start-time law while keeping three-tier schedule
Summary
Superintendent Connor told a community town hall that Florida's new school start-time law (effective Aug. 2026) requires middle schools to begin after 8:00 a.m. and high schools after 8:30 a.m.; he recommended keeping Sarasota's three-tier model (roughly 7:30/8:30/9:30) with limited shifts for about nine schools.
Superintendent Connor said at an insight community session that a recent state law on school start times will take effect in August 2026 and requires middle schools to start after 8:00 a.m. and high schools after 8:30 a.m. He told community members the district's current three-tier pattern (most high schools at about 7:30 a.m., elementary schools around 8:15'8:30 a.m., and many middle schools near 9:30 a.m.) already aligns well with the state's new rule and that the board should preserve that model with only modest…
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