Houston High School student Cole Bowden and his sister Paige Bowden head to their first period class before the bell rings at 7:45 a.m. In a county where nearly every high school starts at 7 a.m., Germantown Municipal School District pushed back its start times last year. Cole says he has a mixed opinion about the new start. It gives him a little more time in the morning, but the later dismissal means that during wrestling season he doesn't get home from practice till 5:30 p.m.