Group seeks to challenge charter school funding
By BEN STORROW Staff Writer
Published on December 31, 2010
A group of Amherst-area officials and residents have launched an effort to ask the state to reconsider the manner in which charter schools are funded, in an attempt to limit the money towns lose when student choose to attend those institutions.
The organizers of the campaign intend to write a warrant article that would be considered by the Town Meetings in Amherst, Leverett, Pelham and Shutesbury, requesting that the state rework the funding formula for charter schools, which are independent public schools that operate under five-year agreements granted by the state's Board of Education.
"My goal is to start a public conversation about charter schools," said Richard Seelig, a Pelham resident, who organized a public meeting last month with Leverett Finance Committee member Nancy Grossman to discuss the subject. "I am
