MontCo to consider starting high school later in morning

Montgomery County Public Schools is considering later start times for high schools following protests from parents over their exhausted students.

Superintendent Joshua Starr announced Tuesday that he had convened a work group of school officials to examine the research on adolescent sleep schedules, review public input on the issue and analyze the results of other school systems that have considered changing their bell schedules. The group is scheduled to report back in the spring.