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Board declines immediate change to elementary start times; votes to continue study and add parent survey
Summary
After public comment and extended debate, the Woodstock CUSD 200 board rejected a motion to adopt new elementary start times for next year but voted 7–0 to continue investigating changes and to launch a parent survey to gather community input.
The Board of Education of Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 considered altering elementary school start times at its May 14 meeting and rejected an immediate adoption, instead voting unanimously to continue study and to run a parent survey.
Board members debated transportation logistics, family impacts and timing. Public commenter Casey Kurtz, a Greenwood Elementary parent and a school administrator outside the district, urged the board to survey families before making a change, citing established family schedules, the need for before-school care if start times shift and safety concerns about pre-K students riding buses with much older children. "Earlier start times…
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