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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry folks - this is what you get when you abandon neighborhood schools for charters: lack of stability.[/quote]

Yeah so my neighborhood school that has 30% proficient readers is SO stable.[/quote]

It is likely more organizationally stable than a charter.  The whole point of charter is that they use the free-market, unregulated mentality to be more "agile," as opposed to the stability (for better or for worse) of the old-style public school administration, teachers unions, etc.  What this means is charters will by definition be less stable, even though they may also provide benefits.  So it bugs me to hear people be "shocked" that there would be turnover.  Capitalism = creative destruction, so that's what you should expect when you inject capitalism into public schooling. [/quote]

But some of us go the charters exactly for that agility. We don't want to have to go to committee and 4 layers of red tape every time we need to make a change. Kaya should get to weigh in on exactly how many crayons my kid needs a day.

The trade off is, flexibility is not always a good thing.  People leave. Or, change can be drastic. If you aren't ready for it, charters aren't for you.   [/quote]

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