Warsaw School Board Discusses 2020-21 School Start Time Survey
WARSAW — The Warsaw Community School Board of School Trustees discussed the corporation’s upcoming 2020-21 school start time survey during a meeting on Monday, Jan. 20.
The online survey is set to open on Tuesday, Jan. 21. WCS will issue a press release with a link to the survey when it is available. The survey will also be sent out through SchoolMessenger and the school’s social media pages. Community members, WCS parents and staff, as well as the corporation’s middle and high school students, are encouraged to complete the survey.
In the survey, the respective demographics are asked to rate their most preferred option out of three choices. The survey also features videos explaining the options, as well as why the school corporation is considering the changes.
One of the options includes keeping the school start and dismissal times as they currently are.
The second option would set the start bell time for elementary schools between 8:05 to 8:25 a.m., with secondary schools beginning the day between 9:05 and 9:15 a.m.
The third scenario would simply shift bell times 30 minutes later in the day, with secondary schools starting between 8 and 8:10 a.m. while elementary schools’ morning bell times would be between 9:30 to 9:50 a.m.
In other business, the school board recognized Da-Lite, Warsaw, for the company’s assistance in helping with the WCS STEM program.
Kyle Carter, Jefferson Elementary School principal; and Josh Wall, STEM instructional coach, presented certificates of appreciation to Da-Lite representatives Katherine Pugh and Mark Sproles.
“One of the items we’ve been working to do is form some community partnerships,” said Carter. “We’ve been very fortunate to find an outstanding partner in Da-Lite. They have been beside us in so many ways as a company and in terms of financial support, and at times being boots in the water with helping with projects.”
“They have had representatives come and get in the water with us,” said Wall. “Our stream trips wouldn’t have been possible without their support.”
The school board also discussed Securly statistics presented by Chief Analytics Officer Shelly Wilfong. According to Wilfong, trends regarding which months self-harm, violence or bullying is detected the most on student devices cannot be determined until there is more data registered on Securly.
Board Member Mike Coon asked Wilfong if there are any demographic trends in Securly’s data. Wilfong said there are no demographic trends within the reports.
The board’s next work session will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18. The next regular meeting session will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24.