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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Incoming Bridges family here who knows nothing about the goings-on. Can we please stop throwing each other under the bus and move on? The school situation is tough enough, but throwing around accusations and calling each other unethical is completely unnecessary.[/quote]

We as charter school families should try and stick together.[/quote]

Why? Are charter school families different from the rest of us?[/quote]

In respect to the facilities issue, yes, charter families face different obstacles than do families whose children attend neighborhood schools or established private schools. Neighborhood schools and established private schools USUALLY have their physical space sorted out and settled in a way that not all charters do. Obviously there are exceptions, but they are exceptions. Last winter/spring, we had multiple charters whose location for the 2014-15 school year was not clear. Most of those schools have found homes, or decided to stay put for the year. Some are still looking.

As for the rest of the OP, I agree that it's a great idea to move forward and support each other. To me, part of that is owning the decisions we make and behaving in an ethical fashion from the beginning. I still think that what happened in this situation was unethical and I still think that someone should take responsibility for it, rather than refusing to comment or saying "let's not throw around accusations." Those are generally behaviors demonstrated by someone who has done something wrong. If what Bridges did wasn't wrong, or if there is some information that is not publicly available at this time that would absolve them of real estate sliminess, I think it would be good for them to bring that information forward, if only to reassure everyone that they weren't just being self-serving jerks.[/quote]

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