Thursday, September 15, 2011

Whoa! Where did that come from Washington State PTA!? Charter schools?! Part 2 | Seattle Education

Whoa! Where did that come from Washington State PTA!? Charter schools?! Part 2 | Seattle Education:

Whoa! Where did that come from Washington State PTA!? Charter schools?! Part 2

This post is a continuation of:

Whoa! Where did that come from Washington State PTA!? Charter schools?! Part 1

Shall I continue? Oh why not. There is so much to respond to in this proposal.

How it works: The school’s “charter” spells out the mission and goals of that specific school. A local nonprofit or similar entity functions as the board of directors for the charter.

This is not the case unless you’re reading it off of Wikipedia as one of the quoted sources for this document. As stated before, these boards are hand selected by the CEO of the charter school.

This provides parents and community members with a meaningful forum to provide input, and enables the school to make quick and effective changes to meet the needs of the student body.

If it’s not like this in our schools, PTA members, then you should make it so. Also, many of these charter