Seattle Public Schools will hold five regional community meetings beginning this week about proposed changes to school start times.
In July, an advisory committee recommended that Seattle high schools and middle schools should start at least an hour later and most elementary schools should start 90 minutes sooner.
The committee spent seven months figuring out a schedule better suited to teen-sleep needs. Its recommendations, if approved, would cost an estimated $3 million for busing and probably wouldn’t take effect until fall 2016 at the earliest.
The regional meetings give the public the chance to weigh in on the proposal before Superintendent Larry Nyland makes his final recommendation to the School Board. The board is scheduled to vote on the matter later this fall.
Staff will be available at all five meetings, which will be from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Meetings near Pinehurst are:
- Wednesday, Sept 30, Ingraham High School lunchroom, 1819 N. 135th St.
- Monday, Oct. 5, Jane Addams Middle School, 11051 34th Ave. N.E.
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