JCPS Superintendent to Recommend Moving up Start Times

JCPS leaders plan to move all school start times up 20 minutes next year

Jefferson County Public Schools wants to move every start time up 20 minutes starting next year.

JCPS superintendent to recommend moving up start times

The JCPS superintendent plans to recommend start times for all schools be moved up by 20 minutes next school year.

JCPS announces proposal to move up all school start times 20 minutes

On Nov. 21, JCPS released a proposal to move all school start times up 20 minutes starting next school year.  Under the proposed plan, schools with hours 7:30 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. would shift to 7:10 a.m. to 1:50 p.m., 8:40 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. would shift to 8:20 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 9:40 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. would shift to 9:20 a.m. to 4 p.m. JCPS moved to three start times in the 2024-25 school year after having only two for decades in an attempt to sol…