By Richard Bammer

Vacaville Unified School District leaders, when they meet tonight, will hear a final recommendation for new school start times, details about the Nov. 8 election and how it will affect them, and likely sign off on several major Measure A contracts.

District staffers will tell the seven-member governing board that they recommend new school start times to begin at the start of the 2017-18 academic year, with middle schools and high schools starting no earlier than 8:20 a.m., elementary schools no earlier than 8 a.m.

During previous board meetings, Mark Frazier, the district’s chief academic officer, said such times are consistent with research that supports delaying start times for secondary students and aligns with recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Source: Vacaville Unified leaders to hear recommendations for new school start times, resolution on election