Northshore District Working on Bell Times, Too
I heard from a friend who works for the Northshore district t hat they have been working on bell times as well. Here's a link to what they are doing. They appear to be further along than SPS. I have not yet had the time to read all their documents but it may offer some answers to what SPS could do. Update: a reader sent me this info from yet another district, North Clackamas The current 2014-15 North Clackamas school hours are: Elementary School: 7:45 for 10 schools, 8 am for 4 schools & 4 schools at 8:15 > this would be very early for kids on free and reduced lunch Middle School: 9:30 – 4:10 High School 8:35-3:10 Note that North Clackamas bus their high school students which is why the elementary school students start so early — to free up buses for the high school runs. I think they essentially have a 3-Tier system, but they weren’t familiar with that concept. (Seattle Public School high school students that qualify fo...