Charter School Battle Shifts to Affluent Suburbs
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Founders of a proposed Mandarin-immersion charter school meeting in a South Orange, N.J., home. From left, Jutta Gassner-Snyder, Nancy Chu, Tom Piskula and Tiffany Boyd Hodgson.
By WINNIE HU
Published: July 16, 2011
MILLBURN, N.J. — Matthew Stewart believes there is a place forcharter schools. Just not in his schoolyard.
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Mr. Stewart, a stay-at-home father of three boys, moved to this wealthy township, about 20 miles from Midtown Manhattan, three years ago, filling his life with class activities and soccer practices. But in recent months, he has traded play dates for protests, enlisting more than 200 families in a campaign to block two Mandarin-immersion charter schools