Starting Time

Will MNPS change school start times?

TC Weber digs into the latest:

Model 1: Squeeze

High schools shift later by 20 minutes, elementary schools by 10 minutes, middle schools unchanged.

  • High School: 7:25–2:25
  • Elementary: 8:10–3:10
  • Middle: 8:55–3:55

Model 2: Shift

All schools start 15 minutes later.

  • High School: 7:20–2:20
  • Elementary: 8:15–3:15
  • Middle: 9:10–4:10

Model 3: No Change

  • High School: 7:05–2:05
  • Elementary: 8:00–3:00
  • Middle: 8:55–3:55

Now, the district must decide on what (if any) change will be made.

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TC Weber explains that Nashville’s “lost student” problem also leads to a loss of funding.

Bottom line: MNPS is staring at $16–20 million in lost annual operating revenue from a six-week enrollment shift.

That is not chump change.

And here’s the part that often gets lost:

The fiscal pain is felt by schools, not Central Office.

Using the same baseline numbers, high schools alone account for roughly $10 million of that loss.

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Nashville education blogger TC Weber takes a deep dive into the data to find out about nearly 1500 students leaving MNPS well after the school year started.

Between August 12 and October 1, Metro Nashville Public Schools lost 1,481 students.

Just shy of 1,500 kids disappeared from Nashville’s zoned schools in six weeks.

The schools losing the most students are not fringe campuses or experimental programs. They are the district’s cornerstone comprehensive schools:

  • Antioch High School (–131)
  • McGavock High School (–108)
  • John Overton High School (–103)
  • Cane Ridge High School (–98)
  • Antioch Middle School (–67)
  • Glencliff High School (–62)
  • Whites Creek High School (–52)
  • Hunters Lane High School (–52)
  • James Lawson High School (–52)

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