Montgomery County to consider later start times for high schools

Montgomery County Public Schools will consider implementing later start times for its high schools following a push from parents, Superintendent Joshua Starr said Wednesday.

The school board probably will take up the issue soon, and officials plan to “dust off” a study from 1998, the last time the school system seriously considered starting high school after 8:15 a.m., Starr said. But he emphasized a hefty amount of skepticism that such a measure would pass this year.