Are you really suggesting that you would support *any* charter school proposal whose proponents were eager and believed in what they were doing?
Of course I am not happy with the status quo of my kid's school; that school is changing and evolving over time (as all decent schools arguably should). I would like to help *that* school become the best it can become. This will be harder if there is less funding for that school, or fewer children from middle-class families, or fewer engaged parents. *That* is the change I want to be a part of. Does that mean that I will oppose any charter school proposal in Somerville? No, of course not. But it does mean that a new charter should demonstrate to me why it will be *better* than what we have now or could have soon.The SPCS has so far failed to do so for me. I understand you disagree; that does not mean I approve of your condescension.
[I'm starting a stopwatch to see how soon someone suggests that I should be supporting the SPCS because otherwise we will end up with a worse charter.]
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Re: OK, so don't send your kid there.
Date: 2011-12-10 01:09 am (UTC)Of course I am not happy with the status quo of my kid's school; that school is changing and evolving over time (as all decent schools arguably should). I would like to help *that* school become the best it can become. This will be harder if there is less funding for that school, or fewer children from middle-class families, or fewer engaged parents. *That* is the change I want to be a part of. Does that mean that I will oppose any charter school proposal in Somerville? No, of course not. But it does mean that a new charter should demonstrate to me why it will be *better* than what we have now or could have soon.The SPCS has so far failed to do so for me. I understand you disagree; that does not mean I approve of your condescension.
[I'm starting a stopwatch to see how soon someone suggests that I should be supporting the SPCS because otherwise we will end up with a worse charter.]