Modified School Start Time

In January 2016, a committee (Modified School Start Time) was tasked with developing a plan that would have high school and potentially middle school students start school later in the morning. This would present an opportunity to also change elementary start times to take advantage of the elementary students' own sleep patterns and physiology.

Below are many of the related articles, videos, discussion notes and research used by the committee to develop various scenarios. The district has drafted a Request for Proposal and is now seeking an educational consultant to review these scenarios and help us determine if they are feasible for our district. Scenarios being considered are in the early stages and have not been approved by the LCSD Board of Education. We do not anticipate any modifications to start times for the 2017-2018 school year.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by phone (315-622-7125) or e-mail Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark F. Potter (MPotter@liverpool.k12.ny.us).

Related Files
pdf	Article- "Do Schools start too early?"	pdf	364 KB
pdf	Article: Early school Start times hurt students.	pdf	324 KB
pdf	Article: The case for starting schools later	pdf	133 KB
pdf	Article: Helping sleepy teens	pdf	63 KB
pdf	Article: Teens start at 10AM	pdf	106 KB
pdf	Activity	pdf	33 KB
pdf	Bus routing option 6	pdf	70 KB
pdf	Committee Minutes - 2/29/2016	pdf	29 KB
pdf	Committee Minutes - 3/14/2016	pdf	28 KB
pdf	Committee Minutes- 4/4/2016	pdf	34 KB
pdf	Committee Minutes- 4/11/2016	pdf	39 KB
pdf	Implementation Ideas	pdf	85 KB
pdf	Opportunities, Obstacles and Further Questions	pdf	403 KB
pdf	References and Resources	pdf	228 KB
pdf	RFP- Request for proposal	pdf	432 KB
pdf	LCSD Sleep Study - Conducted by the Children's National Health System & Child Trends in June 2018	pdf	1.1 MB

Related Links
	Start School Later Web site A national website on modified school start time.
	Start with Sleep Liverpool School District's resources
	Video- Part 1: The Science
	Video- Part 2: Our Students' Reality Video- Part 2: Our Students' Reality
	Video- Part 3: The Roadblocks Video- Part 3: The Roadblocks
	The Atlantic - Why Are Parents Afraid of Later Start Times A new paper argues that using behavioral economics to ease families’ fear of change could help convince them to switch up their children’s routines.