Mother Crusader: Poking Holes In A Charter Puff Piece; Waters, Perez And APP Say Charters Deserve More $$

Mother Crusader: Poking Holes In A Charter Puff Piece; Waters, Perez And APP Say Charters Deserve More $$:

Poking Holes In A Charter Puff Piece; Waters, Perez And APP Say Charters Deserve More $$

by darciecima

Once again, Laura Waters infuriatingly tells only part of a story.  In this case, she was aided and abetted byAsbury Park Press reporter Alesha Williams Boyd, who did a lazy job reporting a story about facilities funding for charters, using Academy Charter High School in Lake Como as a case study. The APP story feels like little more than a New Jersey Charter Schools Association (NJCSA) infomercial.  It is chuck full of tales of charter woe from Carlos Perez and even has a video of the lackluster facilities at Academy. 

“I have a school which has not had the ability to hire guidance counselors,” Perez said. “Some simply cannot afford to hire teachers’ aides. Larger square footage for classrooms…chemistry labs, those sort of things you expect as part of your high school education.

“Facility funding is the single biggest challenge in starting or sustaining a charter public school and our