Thousands of families and staff participated in the start / end time survey and that feedback was shared with the district's three Start/End Time Study Committees. These groups are comprised of parents and staff at all levels of the district (early childhood and elementary, middle school, high school).

Presentations shared with those committees are available below. 

On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Olathe Public Schools hosted more than 125 parents, teachers, administrators, certified and classified staff members at its first of three committee meetings this fall as we continue our work to identify modified start/end times for the 2024-25 school year.

These committees are representative of the district’s three grade levels (early childhood/elementary, middle and high school) and have been tasked with reviewing new start/end time schedule options, assessing survey feedback and diving into the challenges and opportunities each schedule presents to help identify a schedule recommendation and implementation plan to present to the Board of Education for consideration this semester.

This initial meeting provided a comprehensive overview of the work completed last year around potential changes to start and end times, including an overview of the challenges facing the district, a review of student, staff and parent feedback, an overview of the 20 different schedule options considered last year, transportation interventions put in place for the current school year, and an overview of the committee’s work moving forward.

At the next meeting, committee members will break out into three different groups by level and will focus on reviewing staff and parent survey feedback from an online survey to be sent to families Sept. 18-22. They will also begin discussions around possible challenges and solutions each schedule could present at their various levels.

View the Sept. 12 presentation (PDF)

Read the Sept. 12 presentation feedback summary (PDF)

On Tuesday, Sept. 26, Olathe Public Schools hosted more than 125 parents, teachers, administrators, certified and classified staff members at its second of three committee meetings this fall as we continue our work to identify modified start/end times for the 2024-25 school year. (see a recap of the previous meeting above)

These committees are representative of the district’s three grade levels (early childhood/elementary, middle and high school) and have been tasked with reviewing new start/end time schedule options, assessing survey feedback and diving into the challenges and opportunities each schedule presents to help identify a schedule recommendation and implementation plan to present to the Board of Education for consideration this semester.

This meeting provided a deep dive into the challenges facing the district currently with the 2023-2024 school year interventions in place, a comprehensive look at why high school is placed at the first tier in both options on the survey, and a review of student, staff and parent feedback. (view the meeting presentation below) The committee members then divided up into breakout sessions led by the school level assistant superintendents. Committee members gathered with the school level they represent to discuss both survey options’ pros, cons, questions and possible solutions from their collective perspective. At the next meeting, committee members will review the feedback collected by the school level committees and work together toward a recommendation for the Board of Education.

View the Sept. 26 meeting presentation (PDF)

Read the early childhood and elementary group's feedback (PDF)

Read the middle school group's feedback (PDF)

Read the high school group's feedback (PDF)

Watch a video explaining the schedule recommendation for high school start and end time.

On Tuesday, Oct. 10, Olathe Public Schools hosted more than 125 parents, teachers, administrators, certified and classified staff members at the final committee meetings this fall as we continue our work to identify modified start/end times for the 2024-25 school year.

As a reminder, these committees are representative of the district’s three grade levels (early childhood/elementary, middle and high school) and have been tasked with reviewing new start/end time schedule options, assessing survey feedback and diving into the challenges and opportunities each schedule presents to help identify a schedule recommendation and implementation plan to present to the Board of Education for consideration this semester.

This meeting reviewed data about field trips and potential field trip availability, hypothetical contract hours, further broke down both parent and staff survey by school level and talked about next steps. The next steps are for district administration to review survey data and committee feedback, continue to work with DS Bus lines on routing/number of drivers needed and continue to study both option A and option B’s efficiency and ease for our community. District administration plans to present on the start and end time process and recommend a new schedule for future action at the next Board of Education meeting on Nov. 2. This means that the Board could take action to approve during the Dec. 7 Board of Education meeting. 

 View the Oct. 10 Meeting Presentation (PDF)