PARENTS WILL BE AFFECTED. RANDALL. OKAY, RICK. SO LET’S MAKE THIS AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. JCPS HAS HALF AS MANY BUS DRIVERS AS IT DID JUST TEN YEARS AGO. SO EVEN THOUGH JCPS HAS ALREADY REMOVED TRANSPORTATION TO MOST MAGNET AND TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS, THE DISTRICT IS STILL 65 DRIVERS SHORT SUPERINTENDENT MARTY POLLIO SAYS IN ORDER TO GET BUS ROUTES COVERED, THERE MUST BE THREE DIFFERENT START TIMES IN THE FALL FOR THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DEBATING TWO OPTIONS FOR SCHOOL START TIMES IN A 4 TO 3 VOTE SCENARIO, NUMBER ONE PASSED WITH A CAVEAT THAT SCHOOL START TIMES WILL BE REVIEWED AGAIN IN DECEMBER. BUT FOR NOW, STUDENTS AT MORE THAN 50 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL BEGIN THEIR DAY AT 940 IN THE MORNING. HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL START CLASSES AT EITHER 7:30 A.M. OR 8:40 A.M. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL COURTNEY CARAY SAYS NUMEROUS STUDIES SHOW YOUNGER STUDENTS DO BEST EARLY IN THE MORNING, WHILE ADOLESCENTS PERFORM BETTER WHEN THEY START LATER. CARAY IS PRINCIPAL AT HAZELWOOD ELEMENTARY, WHERE CLASS WILL BEGIN AT 9:40 A.M. IN THE FALL, WHEN ASKED IF A START TIME THAT LATE IS BEST FOR HER STUDENTS, CARAY SAID THE RESEARCH TELLS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE’S OVERWHELMINGLY AMOUNT OF RESEARCH ACROSS MULTIPLE DECADES THAT SAY NO AND NO ONE WANTS TO GO AT 940. I WISH WE COULD DO 2 TO 2 STARTS. I WISH WE HAD ENOUGH DRIVERS TO DO TWO STARTS. BUT THE FACT IS WE DO NOT. WHILE JCPS SCHOOL START TIMES ARE NOW SET FOR THE FALL. BOARD MEMBERS ADMITTED THEY DIDN’T REALLY LIKE EITHER SCENARIO PRESENTED. SUPERINTENDENT MARTY POLLIO SAYS STAGGERED START TIMES ARE NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH BUS ROUTING ISSUES, BUT DESPITE THE CHANGES, BOARD MEMBER CHRIS KOLB ADMITS THE NEW START TIMES WON’T FIX THE PROBLEM OF BUSSES RUNNING DELAYED, SOMETIMES LATE INTO THE NIGHT. IT DOESN’T DO ANY GOOD TO PRETEND LIKE THERE’S SOME PERFECT SOLUTION OUT THERE. WHEN PEOPLE SAY TAKE THE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT, THERE IS NO GETTING IT RIGHT. THERE IS NO GETTING IT RIGHT. WE HAVE TO GET IT THE LEAST WRONG POSSIBLE TO SEE WHAT TIME YOUR SCHOOL WILL START IN THE FALL. THE COMPLETE LIST IS ON OUR WEBSITE WLKY DOT COM AND ON THE