Oklahoma City Public Schools officials have announced that schedules will change for 7 schools because of budget cuts.

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As budget cuts take a toll on Oklahoma City Public Schools, the district has changed some school start and end times to save on transportation costs.The district has shifted the start and end times for the following schools: Classen School of Advanced Studies, Capitol Hill Elementary, Cleveland Elementary, Horace Mann Elementary, Kaiser Elementary, Mark Twain Elementary and Westwood Elementary.The school day for these schools will now be from 9:10 a.m. to 4 p.m, as the district has moved these seven schools to the Tier 3 schedule.The Oklahoma City Public School district has three different tiers for schools hours. Schools on Tier 1 operate from 7:35 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.; Tier 2 schools are open from 8:20 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. and instructional time for Tier 3 is from 9:10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Mark Myers, public information officer for Oklahoma City Public Schools, said these seven schools were moved to Tier 3 because of their central location.The district said this will eliminate the daily need for 18 additional bus routes.“Whether it’s tires, oil changes or the salaries of these bus drivers, it’s going to save us $700,000 dollars that we estimated,” Myers said.The change means students at Classen SAS will go in almost two hours later.Some parents told KOCO 5 they actually are happy with the idea, and they’re hoping their kids will be more attentive in class.“Starting school later in the day, they see that kids are much more productive and that they also do better in school,” Myers said.As for parents who may have scheduling issues with the new start and end times, Myers said these schools are working on before-school activities for students.District officials said this will allow students to still be dropped off at the same time in the morning.The district said it has notified all students, parents, and staff about the changes.Myers said this change will impact more than 3,000 students.