Welcome to Start School Later
​Montgomery County, TX!

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Start School Later Montgomery County, TX is committed to protecting the health and safety of public school students by advocating for reasonable school start times and working in a positive manner within the local community.

Montgomery County is part of a large cluster of early high school start times in Texas around the Houston area. Home to nine independent school districts, where only two begin the high school day after 8:00 AM. None begin the high school day after 8:30 AM as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC, the AMA, and numerous other health organizations!

• Cleveland ISD - 715 AM, first bus pickup 5:30 AM
• Conroe ISD - 7:16 AM
• Magnolia ISD - 7:25 AM, first bus pickup 5:50 AM
• Montgomery ISD - 7:20 AM, first bus pickup 5:45 AM
• New Caney ISD - 8:15 AM
• Richards ISD - 8:00 AM
• Splendora ISD - 7:15 AM, first bus pickup 5:40 AM
• Tomball ISD - 7:25 AM, first bus pickup 5:39 AM
• Willis ISD - 7:05 AM, first bus pickup 5:20 AM
  

Students who rely on the bus to get to school and are unfortunate to be assigned the first bus pickup in districts starting in the 7 o'clock hour are getting about 5 hours of sleep per night. By the end of the school week, these students have a 20 hour sleep deficit.

"If changing high school start times by an hour saves one life, don't you think it's worth it?  I say yes."
- Dr. William David Brown, Dallas Children's Medical Center

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The Houston area has the largest cluster of early daily high school start times in the state. As Houston ISD considers standardizing their bell schedules for the 2018-19 academic year, SSL Texas is advocating for healthy schools for middle and high schools in the district. Click here for an expanded list of Houston area high school start times.