Wall St wants to privatize public community COLLEGES too

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18. Oh my , please say it isn't so

I worked as a Educational Consultant for two major universities in LA.

Most of the student teachers that I mentored were in Public Schools.

Two were in Charter Schools ~ it was a horrible sight to see and to compare.

Before some of you get outraged because you know of some wonderful charter schools ~ I do as well.

However ~ I can give you unending stories about the lack of "standards" that are OK in Charters that would NOT be acceptable in a Public School.

Just to give you a sample: One charter used the parking lot for staff as their playground. I'm serious ~ I had to beg the teacher to make sure all of the children stopped playing ball so that I could back my car out to go home.

The office was staffed by Parents, the Office Staff came in later in the day ~ parents handled the files and the mail

The Principal checked in for a few minutes about once a week- maybe every two weeks.
The parents provided all the Library Books for the classrooms.
The teacher had no "Teacher's Guide" for Reading
There was not a Library on the site -- the site was a very old church.
In order for the children to come to school, they (and everyone else) had to walk up about 20 tiny, old, broken stairs to get into "the school."


I could go on and on but trust me