Superintendent Joshua Starr was interviewed on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on October 31, 2013. The transcript is below, the audio clip is on YouTube. Listen or read what Superintendent Starr said in that interview. Either way you will hear him say that the extension of the elementary school day proposal is
not tied to the proposal to change high school start times.
Yet, today Superintendent Starr is using opposition to the extension of the elementary school day as a deal breaker for the high school start time change.
The concern about extending the elementary school day also is significant, and this plan simply cannot move forward without such a change. [June 10, 2014, Memorandum, Page 2]
Kojo Nnamdi Show: Joshua Starr On Montgomery School Start Times
THURSDAY, OCT 31, 2013 AT 12:06 P.M. in EDUCATION
Transcript:
NNAMDI
12:12:55
The catalyst here is the high schools, but to make the schedule change work, you'd start middle schools 10 minutes earlier and make the elementary school day half an hour longer. What would the impact be on the younger students?
STARR
12:13:09
So the elementary day is not -- it's not tied into the ability to make the high schools later. The middle school earlier start time is tied into making the high schools later. The elementary came up because we realized when we were looking at the whole kit and caboodle that we said, you know what? We have the second shortest elementary day in the state. We could do so many wonderful things during that time, whether it's more enrichment, whether it's more support and interventions, whether it's more planning time for teachers, there's so many things we could do with that time.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2013-10-31/joshua-starr-montgomery-school-start-times/transcript
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