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One Parent’s Open Letter to Florida Senators regarding the “Parent Trigger” bill aka the ‘Corporate Trigger’ – VOTE NO ! « Continuing Change

One Parent’s Open Letter to Florida Senators regarding the “Parent Trigger” bill aka the ‘Corporate Trigger’ – VOTE NO ! « Continuing Change:

One Parent’s Open Letter to Florida Senators regarding the “Parent Trigger” bill aka the ‘Corporate Trigger’ – VOTE NO !

Dear Florida Senator,

I am a registered voter. I hope you will consider this information before you vote on the Senate parent empowerment (aka parent trigger) bill.

Did you know that in Florida, of the the 2.6 million students in Florida public schools. only 137,000 students are enrolled in the state’s charter schools? Yet, charter schools make up half of the failing schools in Florida. Yes, it is true. Research of last year’s school grades, as posted on the DOE website, indicates that of the 31 failing schools in Florida, 15 were charter schools (See complete list below).

In fact, in my county, the only failing school is a charter school. The same is true of many counties in Florida,