a*****g 发帖数: 19398 | 1 Responding to Concerns from Students, Families and Educators, CPS Restores
Bell Times at 34 Schools
40 Schools Keep New Times, 8 Others Agree to an Alternative;New Schedule
Will Reduce Transportation Costs by $5 Million
Responding to feedback from students, families and educators, the Board of
Education and Chicago Public Schools are reverting bell times at 34 schools
who have expressed concerns about shifting bell times. The adjusted
schedules will save the District $5 million in transportation costs rather
than the $9 originally anticipated.
“After listening to educators, students and families express their concerns
about changing bell times, the Board of Education felt it was incredibly
important to work with principals to determine the best options for their
school communities,” said Board of Education President Frank Clark. “By
engaging principals and learning about the many unintended consequences the
changing bell times caused, we decided to rescind those changes that had a
negative impact on schools. These changes reflect a collaborative approach
that both appreciates our fiscal challenges but still puts children first.”
With 40 schools adopting the new times and 8 schools agreeing to another
change, CPS still expects to save approximately $5 million. CPS team
members worked with principals from every affected school to work on a
schedule that would maximize savings while recognizing the needs of our
school communities.
“Every dollar we save by staggering school bell times and streamlining
transportation services next school year is one more dollar we don’t have
to cut from our classrooms,” CPS CEO Forrest Claypool said. “Despite the
need for savings, we are recognizing the calls from students, parents and
educators to place a greater emphasis on scheduling after school activities
and reducing inconveniences. We appreciate the 82 principals who worked with
us to minimize disruptions and protect in-school time, and we are grateful
to the 48 among those who helped us find savings that will benefit all
schools.”
The plan to shift bus arrival times resulted from an analysis that revealed
that CPS’ transportation costs far outpace those at other large, urban
districts.
Chicago is one of a handful of major districts in the country that doesn’t
stagger its elementary and high school start times; as a result, the average
cost for CPS to transport a student is more than triple the median cost for
districts with more than 100,000 students, with CPS paying an average of $4
,450 per student and other districts paying $1,250, according to the most
recent data from the Council of Great City Schools. CPS costs are higher
resulting from the District running more buses on fewer routes, as a result
of bell times that aren’t staggered. CPS buses make an average of 3.2 runs
per day, while similar districts make 5.1 runs.
CPS is facing a $1.1 billion operating deficit as a result of declining
state educational funding and a broken pension system. To avoid classroom
cuts, CPS is shifting schools’ bell time in order to reduce transportation
costs as part of almost $200 million in cuts to central office, operations
and programming. By modifying transportation services, CPS is helping to
keep resources in the area that is the key to all of our improvement efforts
– our schools. These current reductions are critical in the face of
inevitable additional future budget challenges.
The majority of CPS schools will keep their SY14-15 bell times. An updated
list of schools with new bell times is available here.
Whitney Young High School and Kelvyn Park High School all have staggered
starts. At Whitney Young, high school students start at 8 a.m. while the
Academic Center students start at 8:53 a.m. At Kelvyn Park, the high school
starts at 8:05 a.m. while the middle school students start at 9:00 a.m. | a*****g 发帖数: 19398 | 2 这一段是魔鬼——
average cost for CPS to transport a student
is more than triple the median cost for
districts with more than 100,000 students, with CPS paying an average of $4
,450 per student and other districts paying $1,250, according to the most
recent data from the Council of Great City Schools. CPS costs are higher
resulting from the District running more buses on fewer routes, as a result
of bell times that aren’t staggered. CPS buses make an average of 3.2 runs
per day, while similar districts make 5.1 runs.
schools
concerns
【在 a*****g 的大作中提到】![](/moin_static193/solenoid/img/up.png) : Responding to Concerns from Students, Families and Educators, CPS Restores : Bell Times at 34 Schools : 40 Schools Keep New Times, 8 Others Agree to an Alternative;New Schedule : Will Reduce Transportation Costs by $5 Million : Responding to feedback from students, families and educators, the Board of : Education and Chicago Public Schools are reverting bell times at 34 schools : who have expressed concerns about shifting bell times. The adjusted : schedules will save the District $5 million in transportation costs rather : than the $9 originally anticipated. : “After listening to educators, students and families express their concerns
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