Charter school parents, brace yourself, the haters have returned
/Charter school students and their families had an epic battle to keep their schools open this year. In 2015 they narrowly survived set backs after the Washington Supreme Court deemed charter schools unconstitutional.
They survived relentless attacks from district teachers.
And, they endured merciless scorn from Seattle's privileged parents who want all kids to stay put in the traditional school district (even when those kids are red lined into bad schools many families with resources have abandoned).
Now, the haters are back for more.
King 5 is reporting the Washington Education Association is planning another wave of attacks on charter school families.
Charter school critics, including Gov. Inslee, say these schools take public money without enough public oversight.
To that Jessica Garcia, a charter school mom, says:
"What is more public than parents having a say in where their kids go and their tax dollars being spent? They're accountable to us and so that's the most oversight -- before, you walk into the general public school and you ask them where are you putting the money … they can't tell you. This is the most accountability that I have ever been granted, as a parent and as a taxpayer, and the oversight is amazing."
If only these battles were really about students and families. They're not. Stay tuned.
