Opponents: Longer CMS Day Creates Hardships

RALEIGH — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is continuing a two-year-old program expanding the elementary school day by 45 minutes to seven hours, even though many parents, teachers, and students have raised objections to the “late bell” program. The program was expanded systemwide in 2011 with no public input even though an internal review of a pilot program at one CMS school found “no positive outcomes.”