Pittsburgh Public Schools Implementing New Start Times

PITTSBURGH, PA — Pittsburgh Public Schools, the region's largest school district, will implement new start times for the 2023-24 year.

The schedule changes involve transportation changes and will alter the start time for Tier 1 high school students from 7:15 a.m. to 7:40 a.m.

"We are grateful for the flexibility exhibited by our staff, students, and families as we implement strategies to curtail the impact of the national school bus driver shortage," Superintendent Wayne Walters said in a statement.

"Our new transportation approach will push our high school start times back 25 minutes and increase synchronous cross-district professional learning opportunities for teachers and school-based staff during student half days, addressing a challenge large school districts face when trying to increase cross-district engagement and learning among staff."

The new schedule will move the start times for Tier 2 schools up five minutes, adds nine schools to an updated Tier 3 that adjusts their start times between 15 - 30 minutes, and moves former Tier 3 schools to a new Tier 4 adding two schools to the already 12 with a 9:10 a.m. start time.

The latest school end time will be at 3:55 p.m.