Single dismissal time for scheduled half days
takes effect October 26
Rather than releasing grades 1-5 students a
half-hour later than kindergartners, all
elementary students will dismiss at 10:35 a.m.
on scheduled half days beginning with the
parent-teacher conference day on Friday, October
26.
On district-wide Superintendent’s Conference
half-days, the high school will dismiss at 11:30
a.m., and the middle school will follow at 12:15
p.m. This schedule will remain in effect
throughout the school year.
“Having separate dismissal times for
kindergarten and grades 1-5 students causes a
shortage of buses and drivers, which has the
potential to impact safety,” said Superintendent
Kevin Baughman. “During the October 5 early
dismissal, there were no spare buses available.
If a bus were to break down, we would have no
way of immediately providing a back up bus to
take children home.”
The district will continue to offer both morning
and afternoon kindergarten on all scheduled
conference half days.
