Proposed new charter school

[klauspood.livejournal.com]

There is a proposal for a new charter school in Somerville. The state (DESE) will be reviewing the application for the next few weeks and will possibly grant the charter on February 28th. If granted this charter school will undermine the existing Somerville Public Schools by reducing school funding by nearly $5 million a year, which is almost 10% of the current school budget. This cut in funding will lead to devastating cuts in public school programs, loss of 60 -75 teachers, and potentially closure of an entire school. This would represent a huge set back for public education in Somerville, setting back much of the progress that has been made in our schools in the last 25 years.

There will be a public hearing by the DESE on this on December 14 2011 at Somerville High School. More info can be found at:

https://sites.google.com/site/progresstogetherforsomerville

http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/21168

http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.aspx?id=6532

Comments

friendly moderator note

[ron_newman]

If you edit your post to say what you just said in this comment, it will be a lot more useful.

Please include the meeting time, which (according to the Progress Together website) is 4 to 6 pm. Not very convenient for most working folks!

Re: friendly moderator note

[klauspood.livejournal.com]

okay, thanks, I was concerned that this would be too much for the first post.

Re: friendly moderator note

[ron_newman]

Your useful comment that I responded to above is short enough not to require an lj-cut.