Elementary students will start their days earlier next year, while middle and high school students will start later.
USD 383 board members at Wednesday’s meeting voted 5-2 to approve a schedule that pushes elementary start times from 8:45 a.m. for 2025-26 more than an hour earlier to 7:30 a.m. next school year. Middle school students will go from starting at 7:40 a.m. this year to 8:40 a.m. And high school students, who started at 7:40 a.m. this year, will start class at 8 a.m.
That also means a change in end times. Elementary schools will go from ending at 3:45 p.m. to ending at 2:30. Middle and high school students, who currently end their day at 2:50 p.m., next year will end at 3:50 and 3:10, respectively.
