Charter schools: win-win?
Triad Math and Science Academy sounds like a win-win. It offers a promising academic program and will relieve the strain on GCS facilities by 270 students.
The state should lift its charter school cap and encourage more new academies. Yes, there's a risk new charter schools won't succeed. But not all our traditional schools are doing very well, either. The more options, the better.
Background info: DPI's Office of Charter Schools site.
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Doug, you're blowing my mind here. Seems like just yesterday you were editorially urging forced redistribution of talented students from one public school to another and now here you are fostering instead-people leaving GCSs all together????
Que hay?
Posted on April 1, 2008 2:42 PM
I'm for charter schools; no conflict there.
Posted on April 1, 2008 3:06 PM
In other words, if you opt out or buy your way out of GCS's,that's good. You bought your freedom. But if you stay, beware.
That sounds like a good promo for GCS. You could do p.r. for Grier's replacement.
Posted on April 1, 2008 3:48 PM
That's the way it is in a public school system. The board of education is empowered to make attendance decisions. I don't advocate removing that authority.
Parents can opt to remove their children from the system, but beyond that their options are still somewhat limited. They can send their child to a certain private school, for example, only if that school agrees to accept the child.
Posted on April 1, 2008 4:05 PM
Like I said, Doug. Apply
Posted on April 1, 2008 4:36 PM
...No disenfranchisement here
Posted on April 2, 2008 8:34 AM
I think Charter Schools are a great idea. The only problem I foresee with them is that they will further degenerate the populous of your typical Guilford County high school.
Typically, the students who are interested in their academic careers are not the ones who are causing trouble and breaking the rules. Creation of a charter school such as the Triad Math and Science Academy can only concentrate the number of "bad" students in the standard high schools as many of the "good" students transfer to the academy. While that works for the students and faculty of the academy, it just makes all the other county high schools that much less attractive of a place to be, physically, emotionally and academically.
Personally, I think they should create charter schools just to house the problem students, thereby diluting the "bad" populous in the county schools.
Posted on April 2, 2008 5:08 PM