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Demsrule86

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12. I live in Cleveland and before this I lived not far from Youngstown...both have horrific public
Fri Nov 22, 2019, 09:42 PM
Nov 2019

schools...now I don't like Charter schools but the ones around here are the only option for poor kids who's parents cant afford private school. So the issue is more complicated. You will not improve public schools sufficiently for today's students in these areas...what are they collateral damage?

And I promise you, if we run on ending Charter Schools, we will lose votes in the mid west. In Detroit, classes can be as many as 60 kids...60! If we could revamp schools quickly, it would be one thing but we can't...many building are substandard with few books and teachers who have given up...also Ohio has starved public schools. We need to regulate charter schools and make them non-profit...but we can't simply shut them down when for many kids, there is no alternative. Education is a mess especially in those states with GOP governors.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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