BATON ROUGE — Superintendent LaMont Cole was live on 2une In Friday morning speaking about proposed new start times for some schools in the capital city.

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is considering a proposal to alter school start times for the upcoming academic year, a change administrators say could offer several benefits for students.

Under phase one of the plan, elementary schools including Capitol, Melrose, and Merrydale would begin classes at 8 a.m. and dismiss at 3:15 p.m. This is a slight adjustment from the current 8:25 a.m. to 3:25 p.m. schedule.

For secondary schools like Glen Oaks and Capitol High, the proposed start time would shift to 8:50 a.m., with the school day concluding at 4:05 p.m..

East Baton Rouge Schools Superintendent LaMont Cole stated the new time

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