The great charter school rip-off: Finally, the truth catches up to education “reform” phonies

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3. Administrators . . .

When we were new in town, as a fervently dedicated parent volunteer, I was tapped to make GOTV calls for a millage. I had people slam the phone in my ear, and make some very rude comments. I was a little surprised at the hostility, and asked another mom about it. She explained that a few years earlier, they had gone through the same thing. "Help, help!! We're desperate!!" So people had approved the millage. And then the administrators went ahead and did some expensive renovations on their offices. Can't say I blame people for being upset about that.

We had come from Wisconsin, and had very, very good schools. When we did fundraising it was for something like taking every kid in the school to a play.

At the time we moved here, there were no PE, music, or art teachers. There was maybe one field trip/class/year. It was wretched. As a library volunteer I found "The Man on the Moon" book, and it nearly did me in. Tells you everything you need to know about the caring staff.

I was so upset, my husband didn't know I wasn't going to pack up and leave until I didn't!