Katonah-Lewisboro District Mulls Changing Class Start Times

CROSS RIVER, NY — The Katonah-Lewisboro School District is considering changing the start times for schools.

According to information from a spokeswoman, the district is studying an alternative that would allow for a change from the early start time for the middle school and the late end time of the elementary school.

As a result, modifications to each of the district’s five schools’ start and end times is being considered for the 2017-18 school year.

A presentation will take place at the March 9 Board of Education meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the John Jay High School cafeteria.

The proposed change for elementary schools would be to change the start time from 9:15 a.m. to 9 a.m. Instead of ending at 3:40 p.m., the elementary schools would dismiss classes at 3:25 p.m.

Middle-school students would start classes 25 minutes later than they are now and would be dismissed 25 later.

For high-school students, the day would begin and end 20 minutes earlier.

The district provided addition information sheet on the pros and cons of the start times changes on its website here.

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