The Barrington School Committee is still planning to change school start times. But on Thursday night, the board voted to delay the changes until the 2017-18 school year.

Committee members Anna Clancy, John Allesandro and Kate Brody voted in favor of delaying the implementation of the changes, while Patrick Guida and Bob Shea voted against it.

Mr. Shea and Mr. Guida both said they believed there was enough evidence to support the shift in start times — the plan calls for the high school and middle school to start at 8:30 instead of 7:45, while the elementary schools to start at 8 instead of 8:20.

Mr. Shea said the evidence supporting the change was clear and that the school committee had an obligation to follow through on the vote it took Jan. 7 to change the times. Mr. Guida said he had supported later start times for older students since 2012.

But Ms. Brody, Ms. Clancy and Mr. Allesandro said the district needed more information before implementing the new start times. Ms. Brody said there was a need for a rigorous analysis of all the costs associated with the new start times; she said the committee needed to ensure that no student group would be negatively impacted by the changes; and she said the district needed to do more outreach for students, parents, teachers and other members of the community regarding the changes.

Ms. Brody, who serves as school committee chairwoman, said she was still strongly in favor of changing the start times, but felt that the board lacked a clear implementation plan.

The vote followed about two hours of passionate discussion.

Duenna Jones Karner spoke first and said she had spent five weeks reading more than 13,000 pages of information regarding changing school start times. Her speech was cut short by the 3 minute time limit instituted by the school committee and when she tried to garner support from the crowd to continue past her allotted time, she was shouted down.

Ms. Jones Karner then grabbed up her papers and bag and walked quickly out of the middle school auditorium.

The second speaker thanked the school committee for its work on the issue and asked that the change in school start times remain in place for next year.

Dr. Lisa Daft, an organizer of the United For Success citizens group pushing against the start time changes, asked why there had been an apparent rush to alter the start times. She also said that with start times, one size does not fit all.

Barrington High School sophomore Sam Read told the school board that he had been denied the opportunity to make an appearance on the school's morning news television program in order to discuss a survey regarding start times. He said he and other students were just trying to collect data that the school committee had asked for. Sam said the students should have a voice in the discussion.

Elizabeth Felag, a former student, said she struggled with the early start times when she attended Barrington High School. She said she would have flourished had classes started later.

A current student asked for all the teachers at the meeting to stand up; dozens of people rose out of their seats. He then said the teachers' voices had been ignored during the discussion. He asked for the school committee to listen to the district's teachers.

Dr. Bradley Bloom, a board certified pediatrician, said he opposed the change in start times because not enough study had been completed by the school committee.

"It is clear that the school committee did not do its due diligence," he said.

A number of other people addressed the school committee, ranging from students who were concerned that the shift would result in less successful swim teams at the high school, to members of the health and wellness committee who said a fair and open process had been followed by the school board and it was time to move forward on the change.

A Barrington High School teacher, Tracy Miller, spoke passionately about her work at the school. She said she was very proud of her students and how hard they work. She said they don't need a different start time, but would benefit far more from learning coping mechanisms to deal with the stress in their lives.

Paul O'Brien, whose wife worked with the health and wellness committee that researched the start time changes for the school board, said that some people challenging the change were setting a bad example for children in town.

Mary Roberts, the head of the local teachers union, said the school committee and local teachers had always worked side-by-side, but not during the start time discussion. She said she felt that the relationship between the board and the teachers was "eroding." She asked the committee to work with the teachers to find a common ground.

Following the vote, Ms. Roberts said she was conflicted with the decision — she was hopeful the groups could reach common ground, but still concerned with an 8:30 start time. The veteran teacher said the state legislature should take up the issue for closer study and, if necessary, implement a change state-wide.

Ms. Roberts also said she wanted to see more surveys conducted and "absolutely" wanted a voice for the teachers to serve on the ad hoc committee.