Modified: 1/10/2021 7:26:15 PM
AMHERST Classes for students at Amherst Regional middle and high schools could start later in the morning if and when in-person education resumes in the fall.
The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee is pursuing a plan that, by the end of February, would determine the feasibility of essentially flipping the start times for the regional schools and the elementary schools in Amherst, Pelham, Shutesbury and Leverett.
“It’s worth a go spending the next six weeks deciding,” said Pelham School Committee member Ronald Mannino at a recent joint meeting of the committees.
Amherst Superintendent Michael Morris told committee members that under one possibility, the school day would start at 9:05 a.m. for middle and high school students, or 80 minutes later than the 7:45 a.m. start in place before the COVID-19 pandemic.