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Moshannon Valley School District

Unified Starting Time Public Discussion September 25, 2019

Topics Covered Tonight

• Time Line to Date
• Academic Instruction Schedule
• Transportation & Bussing
• Safety
• Athletics
• Research on Later Arrival Time
• Other Factors
• Questions

Time Line – 25 Months

• August 2017
• Internal discussions began on Feasibility of a

Unified Starting Time

• Transportation/Athletic/Curriculum Discussions
• February 2018
• Public Meeting Permission to Study

Transportation Feasibility

• January 2019
• Feasibility Study Completed, results presented

to School Board

• Comprehensive Planning Team informed
• March 2019
• Transportation/Athletic/Curriculum Discussions
• Public Meeting Permission to schedule Public

Hearings in the Fall

• Comprehensive Planning Team discussed
• August 2019
• Public Meeting scheduled for

September 25, 2019

• Continued Review of Data
• September 2019
• First Public Discussion

Academic Instruction Schedule

• Current School Day
• HS Staff 7:35-3:00
• ES Staff 8:10-3:35
• HS Student 7:35-2:35
• ES Student 8:30-3:35
• New School Day
• Staff 8:05-3:30
• Students 8:10-3:05
• Saint Francis
• Arrive 8:35 – Sheila Clancy stated

this would not be a problem

• CTC
• No issues with times
• AM 8:10-11:15
• PM 11:40-3:05
• CenClear Pre K Programs
• Pick Up Location May Change

Transportation & Bussing [Handout]

• Six Combined Buses [ES & HS] –
• Long Runs [no student more than 55 minutes]
• Six Single Building Buses – Short Runs 2 Waves
• Arrival Time AM:
• Combined Buses 8:05 arrival [HS then ES]
• Single Run Buses Wave 1 - HS: 7:50 AM
• Single Run Buses Wave 2 - ES: 8:10 AM
• Departure Time PM:
• Combined Buses 3:05 Depart [ES then HS]
• Single Run Buses Wave 1 - ES: 3:05 PM
• Single Run Buses Wave 2 - HS: 3:25 PM

Transportation & Bussing

• Arrival Time

 All students home by 4:00 pm

• Daily Bus Travel Time

 Current Hours Per Day Students on Buses: 4 Hours 40 Minutes  Unified Hours Per Day Students on Buses: 2 Hours 15 Minutes

• Travel Finance

 Estimated Annual Subsidy Reduction -$30,000 [$560,000 down to $530,000]  Estimated Annual Fuel Savings +$6,000  Net Annual Tranportation Income Variance -$24,000

Safety

• Elementary students at more remote bus stops would have HS students with them
• Older students home with younger siblings in the mornings and after school
• Last ES & HS students would be home before 4:00 pm
• HS and ES students on much more similar schedule during delays, older siblings available

to watch younger siblings

• Delay notification time moves from 5:30 am to 6:10 am
• Several Local Districts have ES and HS students traveling together and have had positive

experiences

• Bald Eagle
• Tyrone
• Harmony
• Student Drivers traveling in daylight year round

Safety

• HS Discipline from Bus Infractions
• 2018-2019: 26 students had 39 write-ups
• ES Discipline from Bus Infractions
• 2018-2019: 97 students had 177 write-ups
• ES has significantly more bus infractions every year 2012-2019

Athletics

• Fall Sports

 Junior High Football – 1 Away Game Potentially Impacted  Junior High Soccer – 1 Away Game Potentially Impacted  Varsity Football – No Impact  Varsity Volleyball – No Impact  Varsity Soccer – No Impact  Cross Country – 4-5 Away Meets miss 1 period  Practice Times will begin 3:15 or about

Athletics

• Winter Sports

 Junior High Boys Basketball – 8 Away Games miss 1 period  Junior High Girls Basketball – 8 Away Games miss 1 period  Junior High Wrestling – 2 Away Matches 15 minute early depart  Varsity Wrestling – No Impact  Varsity Boys Basketball – No Impact  Varsity Girls Basketball – No Impact

Athletics

• Spring Sports

 Junior High Baseball – 5 Away Games miss 1 period  Junior High Softball – 7 Away Games miss 1 period  Varsity Baseball – 8 Away Games miss partial period  Varsity Softball – 8 Away Games miss partial period

Research on Later Start Time

 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that secondary schools start at 8:30 a.m.  Research out of the UNC Chapel Hill suggests later start times for secondary students

• Decreases discipline referrals
• Increases student achievement on state mathematics exams
• Decreased the number of student suspensions
• More important in economically disadvantaged students

 The American Psychological Association reports benefits include:

• Increased attendance rates
• Decrease in disciplinary action
• Decrease in student-involved car accidents
• Increase in student GPA
• Increase in state assessment scores
• Increase in college admissions test scores
• Increase in student attention
• Decrease in student sleeping during instruction
• Increase in quality of student-family interactions
• Increased sleep hours for secondary students

West Branch School District: Began Later Starting Times August 2019 Philipsburg-Osceola: Looking to start

Other Factors

 Staff can be shared between buildings – could be a significant cost savings to the District and benefit students by providing the most qualified staff to students  Common Professional Development Time  Student Enrollment fallen by 153 students in 11 years

 1001 in 2008  922 in 2012  847 in 2019  Trend is financially concerning since 71% of District income is driven by state money and determined by enrollment

Other Factors

 Poverty level continues to rise, tax base continues to shrink

Time Frame for Implementation

Public Meeting #1 Sept 2019

• Outline Factors
• Question & Answer
• Prepare for Meeting

#2

Public Meeting #2 October 2019 [if needed]

• Address Questions

from Meeting #1

• Finalize Timeline
• Task descriptions

Final Board Approval

• December 2019

School Year 20- 21

• Change Takes Place

QUESTIONS

Please feel free to ask any questions, if you are not sure and would like to provide a written question, there are forms available Phone Calls – we welcome any parent or guardian to call the District Office with questions 814-378-7609