Florida parent activist Rita Solnet did this interesting little research project.
Out of curiosity, I googled "successful charter schools" and "failing charter schools." About 20,200 results (0.22 seconds) related to "successful charter schools". About 76,600 results (0.23 seconds) related to "failing charter schools."
Rita posts on FB:
In 8 yrs, PBC [Palm Beach County] opened up 57 charters. In 8 yrs, 23 of those charters closed. That money that was siphoned from the education coffers to the schools that closed is gone. Vanished. So, what do we do -- open up 90 more of these gems! This makes my blood boil. I don't want to be sheep. We need to tell Tallahassee that if they;re going to overturn PBC's decisions to deny charters, then they can pay for them. Where's the local control they claim to espouse.
Rita's right on. FL's Republican controlled Legislature is
preparing to pass a charter expansion bill that would siphon millions more taxpayer dollars away
Florida parent activist Rita Solnet did this interesting little research project.