Change In AACPS Start Times for the

2017-2018 School Year The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County (BOE) approved a shift in school start and dismissal times for the 2017-2018 school year. High schools would shift by 13 minutes, changing the start time of high schools from 7:17 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. All elementary, middle, and special schools will shift by 15 minutes from their current start/dismissal times. This option costs approximately $618,000, which was included in the FY2016 Operating Budget. Click here for more information about this option. NOTES: The changes do not necessarily alter start and dismissal times at Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School, Monarch Academy Public Charter School, and Monarch Global Contract School. Those schools are responsible for their own transportation arrangements and therefore can establish their own start and dismissal times. There may be some MINOR additional tweaks to start times depending on road construction projects, etc. That is a process that plays out each year as Transportation and Facilities staff work with city, county, and state officials to address such issues. However, none of those changes will cause major shifts in start/dismissal times. A chart with finalized start/dismissal times for the 2017-2018 school year will be posted here when it is available; the expected timeline for posting is no later than mid-March 2017.