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Current Howard County public schools bus contractors remain in limbo about how their services will be used next school year after the school board awarded hundreds of routes to a California vendor.

The school board voted unanimously to shift high school bell times from 7:25 a.m. to 8 a.m., a 35-minute difference that officials hope will make a positive impact on students’ health.

Howard County is shifting school start times for the next academic year.

Whether or not the school board decides to proceed with new bell times, Howard school officials emphasized the county is still shifting to an opt-in busing model for next school year and will likely see an increase in transportation operating costs due to increased fuel, vehicle and labor expenses.

Howard County Public School System officials continued talking this week about what delaying school start times would look like for students and families. The county school board’s aim is to delay start times for high schoolers, moving from the current 7:25 a.m. start to 8:30 a.m., or maybe later, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year.