School Board Seeks Start Time Consultant
Vision outlined by ad hoc committee Thursday focuses on alternatives analysis, community engagement
The Fairfax County School Board took its next step toward later start times Thursday, asking staff to issue a request for proposal for a firm that will research and develop a specific plan to push all high school start times to 8 a.m. or later. On a 10-1 vote, the board approved a document developed by the board's Ad Hoc Committee on Start Times, which outlines expectations and outcomes for the group that will guide the process. Among them: reviewing the system's own history with later start times, including 1998 and 2008 reports; developing optional approaches and alternatives to achieve a later start time; creating a "blue print for change" and leading a community engagement plan to solicit recommendations to the plan. The full document …
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Kathy Keith
4:43 pm on Sunday, August 26, 2012
To Diana, Of course, I have seent he kids out early at the bus stop--my own kids were among them. Of course, I don't like it. But, if you are worried about kidnapping, etc., I think my concerns would be a lot greater for elementary kids than for high school. All the options I have seen presented require for at least one level of schools (elementary, high, or middle school) to start very early. I … more ›