Boston No Longer Implementing New School Start Times

I think people were more upset that the elementary school start times were changed in an undemocratic process that didn’t factor in the voices of the parents who would be affected by such a change:

... Neither parents nor School Committee members were given the opportunity to review the new times before they were posted.

“This process was done in a back room and had no parent or community vetting,” said City Councilor Tito Jackson. “It was a add-on to a concept that most people agreed with — later start times for high schools. The changes to K-8 start times were not discussed.”

... She attended a BPS meeting on start times in Hyde Park in November where parents weighed in on start times. For the elementary school parents, there was consensus.

“It was mostly 8 or 9,” she said. “Nobody wanted 7. It’s obvious that wasn’t taken into consideration in the algorithm. I think it’s unacceptable that that was the process. The community meetings were for show.”

m.baystatebanner.com/news/2017/dec/11/parents-enraged-over-new-bps-start-times/

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