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Board moves to act on stakeholder survey, seeks to restore 07:55 AM high‑school start time
Summary
Board members were presented a stakeholder survey (195 household responses, 31 staff) with roughly 70% of respondents favoring a return to a 07:55 AM start and 02:55 PM dismissal at Jones Senior; the board voted on a motion to follow stakeholder input and the motion carried.
An administrator presented results of a stakeholder survey about Jones Senior's start and dismissal times, reporting that 195 households and 31 staff members responded and that "nearly 70% requested that we return to the 07:55AM start time and the 02:55PM dismissal time." The presenter asked the board to take that stakeholder input up as an action item.
A board member moved to change the times and the motion received a second. The chair called for a vote and the motion was recorded as carrying that evening. The transcript records the outcome as "Motion carries," but does not include a roll‑call tally of yes/no votes in the recording.
Board discussion leading up to the motion touched on sample size and representativeness; members asked about how many households were surveyed relative to the district population and about response distribution across parents and staff. The presenter said 195 households were counted and noted that PowerSchool cannot directly report household counts, so some household estimates are approximate. A few members urged repeating outreach to ensure broad input prior to final implementation steps.
Next steps discussed included formalizing the scheduling change through the board's normal action‑item process (calendar updates were noted) and communicating with stakeholders about the implementation timeline; the meeting record does not show specific implementation dates or a roll‑call vote count.
