The Barrington School Committee will revisit the start time initiative at an upcoming meeting.

Barrington School Committee Chairwoman Kate Brody said the committee had been slated to meet on Thursday night, Jan. 4, and was scheduled to pick a future meeting date for the school start time discussion. But a powerful winter storm forced the postponement of Thursday's meeting and thus, delayed the selection of the start time meeting date.

“We’re trying to reschedule the Jan. 4 meeting,” Ms. Brody said. 

The school committee chairwoman said the public will be given ample advance notice about the school start time initiative discussion. 

Ms. Brody said that during the Dec. 14 school committee meeting, fellow committee member Dr. Megan Douglas asked that the start time initiative topic be added to a future meeting agenda. 

Ms. Brody said the start time initiative will be embedded in the district’s next strategic plan, which is currently being created.

Barrington school officials have been discussing later start times for middle and high school students for more than a year. A prior school committee voted to support a change in start times, but that change was later delayed. Then, at a meeting last March, school leaders submitted a budget that did not include funding earmarked for the start time change. Committee members said they still supported the initiative, but could not afford the change at that point.