September 21, 2016: The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County (BOE) approved a shift in school start and dismissal times for the 2017-2018 school year. The plan, approved by a 6-2 vote, calls for elementary, middle, and special schools to start 15 minutes later than the current start times (dismissal times would shift by the same amounts). Click here to read the complete press release.
April 20, 2016: Dr. Arlotto presented the Board with three potential options to shift school start and dismissal times using money already allocated to the school system or requested for such an initiative. Two of the options would spend slightly more than the $602,000 already allocated by the County Council, while the third would spend approximately $1.4 million. All three options would leave at least six schools dismissing after 4:00 p.m. The potential options were presented to the Board for its information only, and the Board took no vote on the options. Click here to see these options.