School Day Start and End Times To Change With Bus Schedule
As part of several cost-savings measures, the bus system will change school day start and end times.
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Schools in the Mehlville School District will adjust their start and end times next year due to a change in the transportation department.
Buses will change from a three-tier to four-tier system, eliminating 12 driver positions and restructuring routes and school times.
The change is part of $4.6 million in budget cuts and savings unanimously passed by the school board March 24.
Reductions in fuel, mileage and personnel will save the district $212,000.
“I realize this new system will be an adjustment for many of you, and we appreciate your understanding and flexibility as we develop this cost-saving measure for the District,” Superintendent Terry Noble said in a letter to parents.
The late-starting elementary schools will rotate every four years that the four-tier plan is in effect.
Start: 9:15 a.m., End: 4 p.m.
Bierbaum, Hagemann, Point, Trautwein and Wohlwend Elementary Schools
Start: 8:40 a.m., End: 3:25 p.m.
Washington Middle School, Beasley, Blades, Forder, Oakville and Rogers Elementary Schools
Start: 8:00 a.m., End: 2:45 p.m.
Buerkle, Bernard and Oakville Middle Schools
Start: 7:20 a.m., End: 2:05 p.m.
Mehlville and Oakville High Schools
Marten Swentsen
6:35 am on Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Does not matter one bit to me, discipline on the buses is so bad, I have to drive my kids to school anyway.
Robyn Turner
9:11 pm on Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Hmmm, I find that interesting, being as I am one of those bus drivers. How exactly is the discipline bad?
Karl Frank Jr.
9:35 pm on Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Robyn, most people just say things without ever actually knowing what they are talking about. Anecdotal stories are a dime a dozen.
Robyn Turner
9:40 pm on Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Oh believe me, I have heard TONS of them. Little do most parents realize, what we do is much harder than just "driving" their kids to school. I actually have gotten to a point where I enjoy the little stories. Knowing what I know, it can be quite entertaining ;)