QUESTION
Can all students have the same start time without staggered times?
0:35:44
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The Department of Education and IBM are working to eliminate the need for staggered start times, aiming for uniformity as quickly as possible.
- Council Member Gale A. Brewer expresses concern over the potential confusion caused by staggered start times.
- Emma Vadehra, from the NYC Department of Education, acknowledges that staggered start times are not ideal.
- Despite the aim for uniform start times, staggered starts are recommended for immediate transitions to remote learning.
- The eventual goal is to achieve school-wide uniform start times across the system.
Gale A. Brewer
0:35:44
So my question is, isn't it possible to have all of the students at the same time?
0:35:52
Is that something that we could aspire to?
0:35:54
Or we're gonna have to do staggered times?
0:35:56
Because to be honest with you, I THINK STAGGER TIMES WILL BE VERY CONFUSING TO PEOPLE AND I WOULD WORRY THAT IT WOULDN'T WORK.
Emma Vadehra
0:36:05
VERY MUCH APPRECI that question.
0:36:07
I think we would say from an ideal perspective, we would not have staggered start times, and that is what we and IBM are working very closely to ensure is true as quickly as possible.
0:36:16
In the meantime because we know we need to be prepared for it's raining out there today.
0:36:21
Although, not that much I'm told.
0:36:23
Because we know we need to be prepared at any in time for a transition to remote.
0:36:27
What we and IBM have determined together and what IBM has recommended to us is that if we have a remote learning day tomorrow, we should be working to stagger start times, which we agree is not ideal from a student and staff perspective, but it's pretty important to us that we get it right if we do need transition tomorrow.
0:36:43
The goal is that that would not be the case and that we would be able to have uniform start times or the start times school wide across the system.
Gale A. Brewer
0:36:50
Alright.
