Ballantyne, NC – Hawk Ridge Elementary School parents were informed that the school bell would now ring almost two hours earlier this fall. Currently the school located on Bryant Farms Road has a start time of 8:30, thus allowing for the school drop off time not to conflict with the rush hour traffic. With the new proposed start time set to be 7:30 , this will almost certainly complicate traffic in Ballantyne.
The school is located on the side of Bryant Farms where traffic routinely backs up during the morning rush hour.
CMS is facing a major budget shortfall and is looking to find ways to save money. The school system hopes that by shifting the start times it will allow a more efficient use of the busses by allowing up four schools to share busses. District 6 School Board Representative Tim Morgan has notified CMS of his concerns, including the ability for the busses to actually make the turn arounds between the schools. However, since this is an operational issue the school board does not get involved in the decisions.
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