INSIDE VANCOUVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS PO Box 8937 Vancouver, WA 98668-8937 Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Vancouver, WA PERMIT NO. 233 RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER School start times change this fall! We are changing our schools’ start times schedule next year based on learnings from our community feedback as well as the most current research about adolescent development. We understand that even small changes to our schedule deeply impact our community and particularly our families who are juggling multiple work, school and family members’ schedules. With this in mind, we are attempting to minimize the impact as much as possible while still being informed by research, guided by feedback from the community, and maximizing the new opportunities for systemic improvements it offers. LEVEL/SCHOOL Elementary* (all neighborhood schools, including Lincoln and Minnehaha) Middle school (all neighborhood schools) High school (all neighborhood schools) Flex/iTech/VSAA Gateway to Adult Transition Education (GATE) Jim Tangeman Center (JTC) Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) Vancouver Innovation, Technology and Arts (VITA) 8:40 a.m. 3:10 p.m. NEW START TIME 8:00 a.m. NEW END TIME 2:30 p.m. 9:20 a.m. 8:35 a.m. 9:20 a.m. 8:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 3:50 p.m. 3:10 p.m. 3:50 p.m. 1:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Please note times are still subject to slight variances before the 23-24 school year officially begins. Parents will receive communications from their child’s school confirming first bell, tardy bell, and bus pick-up times in August. Due to the Heights Campus unique schedule structure we will be working directly with that school to adjust start times in a way that works for those students and also allows us to provide transportation for them in the coming year. *Early Childhood Education program families will be contacted individually about bus pick-up and start times, but we plan to coordinate these to be at the same time as elementary start times for the a.m. session. Scan to check out the research and community feedback that guided us!