Proposals to change the school start and stop times for Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) found mixed reactions from members of the Board of Education on Tuesday night.
A consultant hired by the district unveiled two proposals (the Squeeze and the Shift) to alter the existing start times earlier this month. The Squeeze would move high school start and dismissal times back by 20 minutes and elementary school times back by ten minutes. This option would not impact middle school start times. The Shift would move the start times for all grades, including middle schoolers, forward by 15 minutes.
MNPS will also consider leaving start times as they currently are.
The district began evaluating potential changes to school start times last year, in part because of concerns that the 7:05 a.m. start time for most high schools might be too early…