Start Times At WCS Won’t Change For Next School Year
April 23, 2019 at 1:40 a.m.
Start Times At WCS Won’t Change For Next School Year
By David [email protected]
At the end of the Warsaw School Board meeting Monday night, Board President Heather Reichenbach read a prepared statement on the matter.
“In two of the last four months, two community members have shared thoughts on school start times at our board meetings, which were then reported in local media. As the board and administration, we are very thankful for the time and effort spent in sharing these thoughts and supporting research,” she said.
In January, Dr. Caitlin Ryser gave the board a presentation on why the board should consider changing the start times for the high school and middle schools. In March, Dr. Judson Everitt addressed the board and explained why he was OK with the high school and middle schools having a later start time but not at the expense of the elementary schools’ students.
Reichenbach continued, “Some questions have arisen about specific actions or recommendations coming from these public community members’ statements.”
In the fall and winter of the 2017-18 school year, the WCS Strategic Planning Initiative Team was formed to research and study school start times.
“Based on this initiative team’s work, it is evident that further research is needed in the areas of community; before and after school care; impact of start time research on elementary students; and financial system capacity, schedule, logistics impact due to busing route changes,” Reichenbach said.
WCS administration has been reviewing those areas during the past year. The school system also has conducted a transportation audit to review different transportation tier options.
The research process is continuing without any immediate recommendation or specific course of change.
“Because of this research process, we can confirm there are no changes in 2019-20 school year,” she said. “Warsaw Community Schools administration will continue this research and conduct, in conjunction with the school start time initiative team, and the board wishes to be clear a recommendation has not been made and many more steps deserve careful consideration to ensure the best outcome for our students.”
In other business, the board:
• Approved the consent agenda, with the items discussed at the board’s April 9 public work session. The agenda includes the personnel report, out-of-state travel requests, financial reports, donations, and grants and minutes of the March 12 and 18 board meetings.
• Heard an update on social emotional learning in the school corporation.
• Heard the student count at all Warsaw schools is 6,928, up eight students from last month.
• Heard the board’s next public work session is at 4 p.m. May 14, with the next regular meeting at 4 p.m. May 20.
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At the end of the Warsaw School Board meeting Monday night, Board President Heather Reichenbach read a prepared statement on the matter.
“In two of the last four months, two community members have shared thoughts on school start times at our board meetings, which were then reported in local media. As the board and administration, we are very thankful for the time and effort spent in sharing these thoughts and supporting research,” she said.
In January, Dr. Caitlin Ryser gave the board a presentation on why the board should consider changing the start times for the high school and middle schools. In March, Dr. Judson Everitt addressed the board and explained why he was OK with the high school and middle schools having a later start time but not at the expense of the elementary schools’ students.
Reichenbach continued, “Some questions have arisen about specific actions or recommendations coming from these public community members’ statements.”
In the fall and winter of the 2017-18 school year, the WCS Strategic Planning Initiative Team was formed to research and study school start times.
“Based on this initiative team’s work, it is evident that further research is needed in the areas of community; before and after school care; impact of start time research on elementary students; and financial system capacity, schedule, logistics impact due to busing route changes,” Reichenbach said.
WCS administration has been reviewing those areas during the past year. The school system also has conducted a transportation audit to review different transportation tier options.
The research process is continuing without any immediate recommendation or specific course of change.
“Because of this research process, we can confirm there are no changes in 2019-20 school year,” she said. “Warsaw Community Schools administration will continue this research and conduct, in conjunction with the school start time initiative team, and the board wishes to be clear a recommendation has not been made and many more steps deserve careful consideration to ensure the best outcome for our students.”
In other business, the board:
• Approved the consent agenda, with the items discussed at the board’s April 9 public work session. The agenda includes the personnel report, out-of-state travel requests, financial reports, donations, and grants and minutes of the March 12 and 18 board meetings.
• Heard an update on social emotional learning in the school corporation.
• Heard the student count at all Warsaw schools is 6,928, up eight students from last month.
• Heard the board’s next public work session is at 4 p.m. May 14, with the next regular meeting at 4 p.m. May 20.
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