Considerations for Communities Implementing Later Start Times- August 2018

Jeffco School district wants to know how a bell time change may impact the community and is using community outreach initiatives such as word-of-mouth, surveying and community meetings to collect your input. The district knows that many family routines and daily activities are driven by the start and end times of school; a change in those times could potentially result in a positive or negative effect. The three options being presented for feedback will allow families, schools and the school community to discuss and identify potential impacts. Read More

Community Survey Results- Results from the first survey of the Jeffco Community 1/19/2018

Jeffco Schools Start Times- updated as of 5/8/2018

Jeffco membership by articulation area PK-12

Jeffco enrollment by grade

Jeffco articulation area data - e.g. free/reduced rates, dropout, graduation

Jeffco School boundary maps

Jeffco has about 764 square miles of land, and as of the 2000 Census, there were 683 people per square mile.

On July 5th, 2018, Chalkbeat Colorado published as story about the Start Times Tasks Force. "Jeffco takes collaborative approach as it considers later school start times."

Start School Later Bell MS Facebook Group

7 News Feb 12, 2018

Jeffco Schools hosting parent meeting about changing school start times for secondary students.

Jeffco U- The December 13, 2017 Jeffco University session, "Jeffco Logistics" featured a comprehensive presentation from School Finance to Food Services, and of course, Transportation. Start at page 1 to get a better understanding of Jeffco Schools Funding and Finance or skip to slide 60 to where the rubber hits the road of how Jeffco Schools gets 17,759 students to school logging 4,363,112 miles annually.