Decatur School Board OKs Later Start Time for Decatur High Next Year
Renfroe, five minutes earlier. The 4/5 Academy will start one hour earlier, at 7:45 a.m.
The Decatur School Board voted Tuesday night to change the start times for the high school, the middle school, the 4/5 Academy and two elementary schools. These will be the school schedules next year: Times for Pre-K and Oakhurst and Winnona Park elementary schools will remain 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The vote was 4-0. Board member Valarie Wilson was absent. "It doesn't look like you've got a clearcut path," Superintendent Phyllis Edwards said before the vote, noting that surveys showed the opinions of parents and teachers were split. "We've done a lot of research and a decision must be made." Edwards told the board the other option was to not make any change. The administration suggested changing start times for several reasons. The 4/5 Academy …
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Kate Colussy-Estes
5:36 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
I am really frustrated by this - surely there is middle ground between 7:45 (insanely early for my child) and 8:45 which is late. Not to mention that it shortens the school day. Given what we pay in taxes surely we can afford another bus or 2. more ›