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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Charter parents with no IPL this year:  you might want to start NOW putting pressure on your admins about Fall, 2021.[/quote]

We are at one of the charters (not sure if there are more than one or not) that have kept the kitchen running but nothing else (they get money being a food distribution site). We (parents at townhalls) have asked about fall and have been told ... we'd love to be open but of course it's up to OSSE and the rules/regulations. Which makes me fearful they'd happily continue not serving students and collecting per pupil allocations until the end of days.[/quote]

NP here—this has been my fear also. But it’s surprising to me that NO other (or very few) parents seem to be questioning the situation. [/quote]

I'm sure there are plenty of parents emailing your principal/HOS.  I know of so many parents who think they are the first to send our head of school the NYT primal scream article and other articles and CDC reports about the safety of in-person schooling for elementary.  Just because your school isn't opening school now doesn't mean that parents aren't asking for it.  I think schools should be open, but I also don't think those who e-mail the most/yell the loudest should determine whether we open or not.  [/quote]

Of course not, but, you need to somehow show demand, since many schools are claiming it isn't there. There are not too many ways to do that other than many parents emailing the head of the school with whatever article, etc.

What concerns me about charters is that there is really no public accountability. The Mayor is hands-off. The union isn't even part of this. It's just a lot of opaque decision making, and if you could be in the room, you might be completely bowled over at the ways the decisions are being made - a handful of people, assessing their own feelings of fear and maybe a few teachers. Of course, you can't be.

All this talk in the news about Biden and CDC and governors - no one is telling the charters they need to have a plan, so, they don't.  [/quote]

Maybe what this is telling us is that charters are run by teachers. Which sounds so sweet, until it isn't. [/quote]

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