The Board of Education voted to push back school start times for all students beginning next school year. MCPS-TV has the story. Visit our PEG partner MCPS TV to view more of its local programming. Related:
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February 15, 2015 |
January 6, 2014 |
Community Forum on School Bell Times
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is continuing to gather broad community feedback on proposed changes to school starting and ending times, also known as bell times. Over the next two months, that feedback will include surveys of MCPS students, staff, and parents, as well as community forums and self-guided discussion groups on the proposal. The […]
October 21, 2013 |
Oct. 21 Board of Education Meeting
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education (BOE) will meet Oct. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. The public portion of the meeting begins at 6 p.m. and will be broadcast live on the MCPS website and on MCPS TV (Comcast Channel […]
October 8, 2013 |
Oct. 8 Board of Education Meeting
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Board of Education (BOE) will meet Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center, 850 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. The public portion of the meeting begins at 9 a.m. and will be broadcast live on the MCPS website and on MCPS TV (Comcast Channel […]
October 1, 2013 |
Starr Recommends Later High School Start (Video)
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Joshua Starr is recommending that the district consider pushing back high school start times by 50 minutes and extending the elementary school day by 30 minutes. The recommendation is based on the report by the 2013 Bell Times Work Group, which has been studying the issue of school starting […]
October 1, 2013 |
Later Start Time For High Schools? (Infographic)
Superintendent Starr has recommended later start times for high school and a longer elementary school day. According to MCPS, broad input will be gathered and no change would be made to school starting or ending times before the 2015-2016 school year; at the earliest.
December 11, 2012 |
MCPS to Study School Start Times
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Joshua Starr announced on Dec. 11 the establishment of a work group to study the issue of school bell times. The work group will look at past reports done by MCPS on this issue; review public input and correspondence that have been received; analyze the efforts of other jurisdictions […]
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