School Start Time Study

The Green Bay Area Public School District Board of Education (Board) and Administration have been approached by various constituents and students regarding the emerging research on school start times aligning to the biological clocks of students as they traverse from early childhood to adolescent to late teens.

The Board and Administration are interested in studying the issue via the latest research, current status, subsidiary issues, and the thoughts and opinions of constituents, students, teachers, support staff, and administration. While the Board and Administration have limited funding, all start time options will be looked at and brought forward with an estimated cost to any changes recommended.

The Board and Administration would use the study to make informed decisions on the school start times of the District’s schools for the 2021-22 school year.

The Cooperative Educational Service Agency #7 (CESA 7) will conduct the study on behalf of the Board and Administration and will serve as a neutral third party that would conduct all facets with neutrality.

The findings will be presented to the Board and Administration as well as all of the information garnered during the process, will be available on this web page.

For meeting agendas click here.

Meeting Dates

Wednesday, March 6, 2019: Welcome/Introductions, Committee Charge, Ground Rules, Vision of Finished Product
Wednesday, April 3, 2019: Research
Wednesday, April 17, 2019: Understanding the Current Status
Wednesday, May 1, 2019: Subsidiary Issues
Meeting Cancelled Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Wednesday, June 5, 2019: Create and Approve Summary Documents
Wednesday, June 19, 2019: Review Website and Documents
Wednesday, July 17, 2019: Create District Survey
Wednesday, August 7, 2019: Finalize District Survey for Board Approval
Wednesday, August 21, 2019: Plan for Input Session to be held in September
Meeting Cancelled Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Meeting Cancelled Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Wednesday, October 2, 2019: Summarize Input Session Feedback into Categories
Wednesday, October 16, 2019: Begin Summary Document
Wednesday, November 6, 2019: Review Summary Document
Wednesday, November 20, 2019: Approve Summary Document
Wednesday, December 11: Work on lead scenarios
December Board Meeting: Present Summary Document to School Board
January & February: Assist School Board on Clarifications

Task Force Members

Noah Becker - student
Bradley Beckstrom
Amanda Bergel
Julie Braun
Kristen Buchman
Juliet Cole
Tim Flood
Lori Frerk
Kathy Harpt
Sara Hoefs
Diamond Hogan - student
Heather Iwanski
Lisa Johnson
Kiran Khot
Richard Krieg
DeAnn Lehman
Brookh Lyons
Mathias Lyons - student
Victoria Lyons - student
Scott Mallien
Joseph McCabe
Lyle Metoxen
Ingrid Parker-Hill
Brandon Peterson
Cale Pulczinski
Melissa Pytleski
Cindy Olson
Rhonda Sitnikau - Board Member
Kristina Shelton - Board Member
Louisa Sieber
Micah Stamps - student
Michael Stangel
Bridget VanLannen
Nia Weathersby - student
Emily Weller
Reed Welsh
Jeremy Wildenberg
Lynette Zalec

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