CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Parents at South Academy of International Languages (SAIL) are asking Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to explain a recommendation to move the magnet school’s start and dismissal times one hour later next school year.
SAIL currently starts at 8:15 a.m. and dismisses school at 3:15 p.m. Parents say traffic already backs up during drop-off and pickup, and a later schedule could make the commute more difficult.
“We can’t actually fit all of our current car riders in the school parking lot, so they’re waiting to get in,” said Linda Schaffluetzel, the school’s Parent Teacher Student Organization president. “So it kind of creates this effect where there’s a compounded traffic effect, and that’s at 3:15.”
Parents worry about enrollment
Parents said they learned about the proposed change during the same school board meeting when Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill was terminated. They said emails to board members have provided little information about how the recommendation was made…