Every three years, our elementary school start times change. Beginning in fall 2017, classes at Nelson Elementary will start at 9:15am and end at 3:45pm. Preschool schedules have also been adjusted to reflect this change. We do this to ensure equity across our system. All schools will experience late and early start times as we flip-flop schedules every three years.
We see an impact to families, depending on their child-care situation, with our start and end times. Some families need their child going to school earlier or later because of daycare or a parent's work schedule. To not give them to opportunity to at least have three years of a start/stop time that accommodates their schedule would be inequitable. To see a full copy of the new bell schedule, visit www.bethelsd.org