CCISD adjusting bell schedules to address bus driver shortage

Several CCISD schools will have new start times when students return to class on Tuesday, Aug. 11.

Corpus Christi Independent School District is changing bell schedules at several schools to address a critical bus driver shortage.

Officials say the change will also reduce the time students spend on buses.

Middle schools will start 20 minutes earlier, at 8:30 a.m.

Three elementary schools will start 20 minutes later, at 8:10 a.m. Those schools are the Early Childhood Development Center, Metro Elementary School of Design, and Windsor Park Elementary School.

All other elementary schools and high schools will keep their current schedules.

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