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School Start Time Implementation for 2022-2023

Finalized School Hours for September 2022:

Elementary Schools: 7:50 AM - 2:05 PM
Willett School: 8:10 AM - 1:40 PM
Norwood High School: 8:15 AM - 2:50 PM
Coakley Middle School: 8:45 AM - 3:20 PM

 

School Drop Off and Pick Up Times

Elementary School Day 7:50 AM-2:05 PM

  • Morning Drop Off 7:35 AM-7:50 AM 
  • Afternoon Pick Up 2:05 PM

Willett School Day 8:10 AM-1:40 PM

  • Morning Drop Off 7:55 AM 
  • Afternoon Pick Up is 1:40 PM 

LMPA (no change)

  • Full Day Session: Morning Drop Off 8:30 AM; Afternoon Pick Up 1:30 PM
  • AM Session: Morning Drop Off 8:30 AM; After School Pick Up 11:00 AM 
  • PM Session: Drop Off 12:00 PM; Afternoon Pick Up 2:30 PM

CMS School Day 8:45 AM-3:20 PM

  • Morning Drop Off for Breakfast 8:15 AM
  • Morning Drop Off 8:30 AM 
  • Afternoon Pick Up 3:20 PM

NHS School day 8:15 AM-2:50 PM 

  • Morning Drop Off 7:50-8:10 AM
  • Afternoon Pick Up: 2:50 PM

 

Half-Day Dismissals

2022-2023

Half-day dismissal times have been adjusted in accordance with new school starttimes. Early release times for Thanksgiving and December breaks are 30 minutes earlier than the regular half-day dismissal times.
Elementary schools: 7:50 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.; Thanksgiving/December break: 7:50 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
Willet School: 8:10 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.; Thanksgiving/December break: 8:10 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Little Mustangs Preschool: dismissal at 11 a.m. with no afternoon sessions; Thanksgiving/December break: dismissal at 11 a.m. with no afternoon sessions
Coakley Middle School: 8:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Thanksgiving/December break: 8:45 a.m. - noon
Norwood High School: 8:15 a.m. - noon; Thanksgiving/December break: 8:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

UPDATED 2023-2024 - ALL EARLY RELEASE DAYS ARE THE SAME (NO SEPARATE TIME FOR HOLIDAY DISMISSALS)

Half-day dismissal times have been adjusted in accordance with new school starttimes. 
Elementary schools: 7:50 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Willet School: 8:10 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
Little Mustangs Preschool: dismissal at 11 a.m. with no afternoon sessions
Coakley Middle School: 8:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Norwood High School: 8:15 a.m. - noon

Lunch Times

Elementary schools: lunchtime blocks at all elementary schools will range between10:40 a.m. - 11:40 a.m., and will largely be the same time into the school day as they are currently.
Coakley Middle School: lunch one from 11:28 a.m. - 11:58 a.m., lunch two from 12:20p.m. - 12:50 p.m., lunch three from 1:12 p.m. - 1:42 p.m.
Norwood High School: lunch one from 11:19 a.m. - 11:46 a.m., lunch two from 11:50a.m. - 12:17 p.m., lunch three from 12:21 p.m. - 12:48 p.m.

 

NTA/NPSSC Joint statement on School Start Times

Press Release: NPS Shares Adjusted Half-Day Dismissal Times, Lunch Times for 2022-2023 School Year

School Start Time Implementation Update for School Year 2022-2023 - Presented to the School Committee 3/30/2022

February 2022 Presentation to School Committee - APPROVED School Start Times for School Year 2022-2023

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