When the Hardin Valley High School opens the Superintendent is proposing that the school operating hours be 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.
One problem with this proposal is that the student traffic would be merging onto the Pellissippi Parkway during the evening rush hour moving from the Oak Ridge reservation (ORNL) and will place the student drivers and bus traffic in a dangerous situation.
Think of merging a car or bus onto the Daytona racetrack beginning at 0 mph while those on the track are running at 65 – 70 mph.
Pellissippi Parkway has the reputation of being Knoxville’s own Nascar track and for good reason.
Altering the start and stop time of HVHS is a ridiculous suggestion. I work and my husband works and we both have to be at work by 8:00. I currently have a child at AL Lotts and a sophomore at Farragut. I do not under any circumstance go to work without knowing that my children are safely deposited where they are supposed to be. This is an incredible safety risk and although I would hope that our children would be responsible, it would encourage truancy because working parents would not be home or available to ensure their children are getting to school. Further, Dr. Lindsey’s argument for altering the start time to avoid traffic just proves the point that this rezoning plan is not feasible.