PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Late Friday afternoon, about three dozen people were protesting on Westminster Street outside the Shepard Building, home of the state's Board of Governors for Higher Education. They're opposed to the possibility of the Achievement First Charter School being invited to Providence.
There is no formal plan to do so. But after Cranston denied the school entry last week, following the objections of parents, teachers and union leaders, Governor Chafee said he was still interested in establishing the school in Providence.
Susan O'Connell, of Providence, a protest organizer and a parent of a Classical High School student, said Achievement First is "big. It's not local. It's corporate."
