Some of the people behind this proposal do not even live in Somerville. At least one person lives in Lexington.

The charter school proposal is very easy to push for that person: if the charter school is a success, send your own kids there. If not, not to worry: while you've just wrecked Somerville's school system by diverting a large part of its funding to the charter school, you can still send your own kids to Lexington's schools.

There should be a residence requirement for people trying to pull stunts like this.