School Start/Dismissal Times

Background Information

At the regular July board meeting, the Madison school board approved changing school start times (starting Fall 2019). The board approved the following motion:

It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the changes in school start times as set forth in the materials prepared for the July 30, 2018 Regular Board meeting, with such changes to take effect beginning in the 2019-2020 school year after a planning year during the 2018-2019 school year.

Start/Dismissal Times by School

Pick a School Allis Elementary Chávez Elementary Crestwood Elementary Elvehjem Elementary Emerson Elementary Falk Elementary Franklin Elementary (Grades K-2) Glendale Elementary Gompers Elementary Hawthorne Elementary Huegel Elementary Kennedy Elementary Lake View Elementary Lapham Elementary (Grades K-2) Leopold Elementary Lincoln Elementary (Grades 3-5) Lindbergh Elementary Lowell Elementary Marquette Elementary (Grades 3-5) Mendota Elementary Midvale Elementary (Grades K-2) Muir Elementary Nuestro Mundo Community School - Nuestro Mundo, Inc. Olson Elementary Orchard Ridge Elementary Randall Elementary (Grades 3-5) Sandburg Elementary Schenk Elementary Shorewood Hills Elementary Stephens Elementary Thoreau Elementary Van Hise Elementary Badger Rock Middle Black Hawk Middle Cherokee Middle Hamilton Middle Jefferson Middle O'Keeffe Middle Sennett Middle Sherman Middle Spring Harbor Middle Toki Middle Whitehorse Middle Wright Middle

Choose Your School From the List Above or view the full list in PDF Format!

Implementation Plan

We'll have a planning year in 2018-2019 and a phased-in approach over three years:

MMSD Voices

In case you missed them, we have two podcast episodes on the upcoming change to school start/dismissal times.

• “It takes a village (to change school start + dismissal times)”
• “You snooze, you...learn”

Listen in iTunes, TuneIn, Google Play, Stitcher or Spotify.

Presentation

View this presentation to learn more about the school start times plan.