PHOTO GALLERY: Proposed school start time changes discussed at Columbia School Board meeting

January 14, 2013 | 9:06 p.m. CST

Proposed changes to school start times were discussed Monday at a Columbia School Board meeting. Under the proposal, the school day would go from 7:20 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for high school students, 8:10 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. for middle school students and 9:10 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. for elementary school students.

Jillian Dos Santos, a 10th grader at Rock Bridge High School, sits with other high school students during the Columbia School Board meeting Monday. Dos Santos, along with teachers and principals, oppose the proposed school start times. | Harry Katz

Jillian Dos Santos speaks Monday to the Columbia Board of Education about the proposed changes to school start times. Dos Santos, a 10th grader at Rock Bridge High School, started Students Say, where students have been voicing their opposition to the earlier start times through social media. | Harry Katz

Tom Rose, president of the Columbia Board of Education, listens Monday to public commentary about the proposed school start times. The new three-tier system would change start times for elementary, middle and high schools in Columbia. | Harry Katz