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Bryan ISD hearing proposes small bell-time shifts to give buses a 60-minute window
Summary
District officials presented a transportation analysis recommending modest changes to bell schedules — elementary schools start 5 minutes earlier, intermediate schools shorten by 5 minutes, and middle schools start 10 minutes later — intended to provide at least 60 minutes between campus bell times to improve routing efficiency and reduce student wait times.
Bryan Independent School District officials on Tuesday presented a proposed, district-wide adjustment to school start and end times intended to improve bus routing and reduce students’ wait times.
Pat Corbett, interim executive director of operations, said the district contracted with a transportation consultant, Transpar, to analyze route efficiency and recommended at least 60 minutes between elementary and secondary bell times so buses can complete runs and return promptly. “The recommendation was to have at least 60 minutes of time between the campuses,” Corbett said,…
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