A new school start and end time went into effect today for high schools in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools district.
The school day was lengthened slightly, a total of 12 minutes, to make up for schools being closed four days this winter because of snow and ice.
The days were lengthened slightly to reach a minimum number of hours required by the state law for high school students to be in class, according to a news release from the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.
Five minutes were added to the start of the day and seven minutes were added to the afternoon school day end time for high school students.
Harmon, Schlagle, Washington and Wyandotte high schools will begin at 7:20 a.m. with dismissal time at 2:27 p.m. The Wednesday dismissal time will be 12:27 p.m.
Sumner Academy’s start time will be 8:05 a.m., with the new dismissal time 3:12 p.m. The new dismissal time on Wednesday afternoons will be 1:12 p.m.
Bus schedules are changing to accommodate the new start and ending times.