School Start Times

ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL TIMES

To keep students and schools safe, students shall not arrive on campus each morning until buildings are open or adequate supervision is available.

Schools (grades PK-8) will not be open for supervision of students until 7:30 am each day. To help ensure that all students are properly supervised, please do not drop off students before 7:30 am.

2024 – 2025 Campus Schedules

Campus  Arrival Dismissal
 Amber Terrace Early Childhood Learning Center  7:45 am  3:35 pm
Cockrell Hill Elementary  7:45 am  3:35 pm
Woodridge Elementary   7:45 am   3:35 pm
Frank Moates Elementary   8:00 am   3:50 pm
The Meadows Elementary   8:00 am   3:50 pm
Curtistene S. McCowan Middle School   8:30 am   4:20 pm
DeSoto West Middle School and Male Leadership Academy  8:30 am   4:20 pm
DeSoto High School, Early College and P-TECH Academy   7:30 am   3:20 pm
Ruby Young Talented and Gifted Academy 8:00 AM   3:50 pm
Katherine Johnson Technology Magnet Academy  8:00 am   3:50 pm

Additionally, students shall not be allowed to remain more than 30 minutes after the end of the normal school day. After 4:30 pm, all school offices are closed.

Repeat violators who willfully and persistently drop off or leave students in an unsupervised situation either before or after school hours will result in a call reporting neglect to the police or child protective services.




SchoolStartTime.org
https://schoolstarttime.org/early-school-start-times/academic-performance/

Pick-up for students must be arranged for the time that school dismisses. Supervision of students is not provided before or after these times.