NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — After months of debate, meetings, and feedback, Metro Nashville Public Schools is changing school start and end times.
For months, school board members have been considering if and how to change some of the earliest high school start times in the country. After two district-wide surveys and community feedback sessions, they have a plan.
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Starting next school year, high school start times will be pushed back by 20 minutes to 7:25 a.m.
Jason Sparks is a district parent and voted for the plan in the most recent district survey. His students go to magnet schools, and think all high schoolers would benefit from an 8 to 3 schedule, like his students follow…