Charter Schools: Bad For the Planet
Darcie has a great post updating the Regis Academy charter school application. Regis, you'll remember, is coming to the high-performing Cherry Hill School District, despite the fact that the community neither wants nor needs it. Regis's founder, Pastor Amir Khan, admitted that he needed the revenue from the charter school - courtesy of local taxpayers - to help pay his mortgage (so much for the 1st Amendment), even though it looks like he is still is danger of being evicted from his church/school property .
Originally, Regis was supposed to draw from three other districts contiguous to its location in Cherry Hill. But as the community has rejected the school and overwhelmingly decided not to send its children there, Pastor Khan has had to draw children from other districts - in contravention of state law. I guess the Regis folks figure theBroadies who have infested the NJDOE will just simply ignore the rules whenever they feel like it. Wonder whatever gave them that idea?
Darcie includes this graph of the proposed sending districts for Regis:
Originally, Regis was supposed to draw from three other districts contiguous to its location in Cherry Hill. But as the community has rejected the school and overwhelmingly decided not to send its children there, Pastor Khan has had to draw children from other districts - in contravention of state law. I guess the Regis folks figure theBroadies who have infested the NJDOE will just simply ignore the rules whenever they feel like it. Wonder whatever gave them that idea?
Darcie includes this graph of the proposed sending districts for Regis:
That's a lot of different places! Let's map it: