Elementary school-aged kids will be heading to school in Dresden a lot earlier starting next school year.
According to Lambton Kent District School Board officials, Dresden Area Central School (DACS) students will have their school days begin at 8 a.m. and end at 2:20 p.m. Currently, classes being at 9:15 a.m. and end at 3:35 p.m.
Meanwhile, start and end times at Lambton Kent Composite School (LKCS) would be pushed back five minutes to 8:05 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. respectively.
This will allow kids from kindergarten to Grade 12 to ride the buses together, according to school board officials.
DACS students will continue to have seating assignments planned at the front of the bus and seats at the rear of the bus will be open for LKCS students.
But stop locations will remain unchanged, and school board officials said average riding time changes would be minimal.
