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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not understanding why the above would be an argument not to TRY charter schools. No one can guarantee a new charter school would be a success--or a failure-- but that doesn't mean the county should not experiment and try it?[/quote]

The main problem with charters is that the public has no oversight. No one to elect to help run them. On that basis alone, many are skeptical about charters the same way they are about giving money to private schools. Charters are private schools receiving taxpayer dollars. Many people would prefer to work with public figures rather than handing their tax dollars over to a private entity they have no say to in the future.[/quote]

I think this is a fair point that parents need to pay attention to any activity or school they select for their child. In this report, the charter schools had different levels if transparency:http://projects.publicsource.org/chartereffect/stories/charter-schools-are-public-agencies-funded-by-tax-dollars-but-how-transparent-are-they.html

But I still don't believe that means we should not consider seeing what solutions a nonprofit or even a corporate educational group might put forward. Of course some charter schools are good, some are bad, none are ideal for all children. But tarring all charter schools because of some failures is not a reason to refuse to see what would be made available if APS supported such an experiment.[/quote]

Not just parents. Taxpayers as a whole group. It's not just parents that pay taxes. Corporations do. Single people do. Why should they give money to private schools that do not provide any elected representation?[/quote]

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