Wake may change school start and end times
Wake County students might have to spend 10 more minutes each day in school this fall in order to try to avoid a new state requirement that would increase the number of school days.
The recently adopted state budget includes a provision extending the school year for public school students by five days and by 25 more instructional hours. Wake school administrators, like their colleagues across the state, are balking at adding five more days because of the late notice of the change and the additional transportation costs.
Wake Superintendent Tony Tata will ask the school board Tuesday for permission to request a state waiver to not add the five extra days. As part of the waiver, Tata is asking that the previously adopted school schedules for the 2011-12 school year be revised to add in the additional 25 hours.
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