In Defense of Imagine Charter Schools | Scathing Purple Musings

In Defense of Imagine Charter Schools | Scathing Purple Musings:

In Defense of Imagine Charter Schools

by Bob Sikes

From a Tampa Bay Times story by Lisa Gartner:

It depends on whom you ask.
The Imagine School at St. Petersburg is, according to parent Roderick Dunson, a place he and his wife “prayed to our God that our child would be able to enroll.” It’s a welcoming charter school where his daughter earns all A’s, said Dunson, who also serves on the school’s board.
But if you ask the state, and its drawers full of data, Imagine is a failing school routinely outperformed by neighboring traditional schools.
And if you ask the school district, Imagine needs to go.
The Pinellas School Board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to close the K-8 charter’s