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liberal_at_heart

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10. I bet my autistic son wouldn't be very welcome at a charter
Wed Oct 3, 2012, 01:09 PM
Oct 2012

It would bring their test scores down too much.

kr HiPointDem Oct 2012 #1
I work in a charter school chillfactor Oct 2012 #2
look around liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #7
So all your students come from families that can afford to make lunches? KamaAina Oct 2012 #9
Not so unlikely, because some charter schools have ways of avoiding 'those' students. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #54
Indeed. KamaAina Oct 2012 #55
yeah, none of the charter schools DUers support are like that, apparently. they're all wonderful HiPointDem Oct 2012 #64
Well maybe some are that wonderful. wildeyed Oct 2012 #71
If a student lives in a district, s/he has to be provided an education in a district. That's the HiPointDem Oct 2012 #74
So ditto for charter schools. wildeyed Oct 2012 #82
a charter does *not* have to accept all students from its district, nor does it have to follow the HiPointDem Oct 2012 #87
True, the rules are a bit different. wildeyed Oct 2012 #90
cafeterias and food cut into corporate profits and management bonuses. can't have that nt msongs Oct 2012 #16
Speaking of 'simple-minded,' none so blind as those with eyes who will not see. Jeesh - n/t coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #23
My kids goes to a Title 1 charter school. wildeyed Oct 2012 #29
This is a Federal program KamaAina Oct 2012 #41
That would be something to shoot for. wildeyed Oct 2012 #44
If you can not provide the same standards that the public schools MUST MattBaggins Oct 2012 #46
Whatever. wildeyed Oct 2012 #50
You must meet the same standards that the public schools must if you are to MattBaggins Oct 2012 #52
But they *don't* have to meet the same standards to receive federal money. That's the point. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #58
I agree and I think it is wrong. MattBaggins Oct 2012 #66
It's actually pretty astonishing what NC charters don't have to do. Don't have to do lunches, HiPointDem Oct 2012 #57
And that is how charter schools keep poor children out. Luminous Animal Oct 2012 #48
Well it's not working at ours. wildeyed Oct 2012 #49
No lunches and no transportation are what keeps many people without means from applying Luminous Animal Oct 2012 #53
Schools that provide lunches are reimbursed. And as initially, the only charter authorizers in NC HiPointDem Oct 2012 #56
I have heard about other states that work like that. wildeyed Oct 2012 #69
it's not a complicated issue. it's very simple. there's nothing that charter schools do that HiPointDem Oct 2012 #76
Nope. wildeyed Oct 2012 #83
there is nothing charter schools do that public schools can't do. there's nothing charter schools HiPointDem Oct 2012 #86
I never said any of that. wildeyed Oct 2012 #89
and if they can't afford a good lunch? It says they qualify for it DonRedwood Oct 2012 #32
You cherry pick your students and have no low income kids i am willing to bet. MattBaggins Oct 2012 #45
We always had to pay for our lunches at school. When did they become free? kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #3
They're free, or reduced price, if you're eligible for them KamaAina Oct 2012 #5
Oh, ok, so they aren't free to everybody. From all the RW kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #21
Around 1965, I believe. Free & reduced-price lunches for families who met the income guides. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #59
In 1965, my school offered morning milk (8 ounces) for a nickel Art_from_Ark Oct 2012 #78
I qualified for reduced lunches in school davidpdx Oct 2012 #84
congratulations the Gov. Brown Tippy Oct 2012 #4
Charter schools don't charge tuition KamaAina Oct 2012 #6
I bet my autistic son wouldn't be very welcome at a charter liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #10
DING DING DING! KamaAina Oct 2012 #12
That's great KamaAina liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #14
He would be welcome at my son's charter school. wildeyed Oct 2012 #30
I have to admit it would be nice liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #42
I was able to convince them to give DS an IEP wildeyed Oct 2012 #43
My mom had to fight to get help for me when I was in public school davidpdx Oct 2012 #85
Glad you made it through and did so well for yourself. wildeyed Oct 2012 #92
In RI he would be welcomed hack89 Oct 2012 #34
*All* charter schools are public schools, in that they are funded with tax dollars. However, that's HiPointDem Oct 2012 #60
Not in RI hack89 Oct 2012 #72
I have read your posts, and I have a question... graham4anything Oct 2012 #39
jerry brown is a libertarian dino. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #61
Jerry Brown is a master politician ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #67
Jerry Brown sleeps very well at night. Not a disingenous bone in his beautiful body graham4anything Oct 2012 #73
you're sleeping with him, are you? because otherwise i don't know how you know that. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #77
we do know Sandra Dey O'Connor twists and turns (and Rehnquist burns in hell) graham4anything Oct 2012 #80
brown's policies show him to be a libertarian: liberal on (some) social policy, neo-liberal on HiPointDem Oct 2012 #88
libertarians are rightwing extremists who stroke their guns and watch others sex... graham4anything Oct 2012 #91
That was my gut reaction. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #8
Not all charters are for-profit KamaAina Oct 2012 #11
Those that are not for profit are eligible for federal lunch program funds. LiberalAndProud Oct 2012 #17
Even supposedly 'non-profit' charters can be profit centers. In NC, for example, charters can HiPointDem Oct 2012 #62
I think we (USA) should provide a free hot lunch for every kid in every school, CrispyQ Oct 2012 #13
well like Romney said liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #15
werd. musical_soul Oct 2012 #19
I used to highly support charters schools. musical_soul Oct 2012 #18
Charter schools are not public schools MattBaggins Oct 2012 #47
Very easy solution. Go back to public school and free lunches for those in need. Doremus Oct 2012 #20
The problem comes from many charter schools that are basically storefronts or in a few offices - haele Oct 2012 #22
At least one charter chain, Imagine, is basically built around a real-estate scam KamaAina Oct 2012 #36
Governor Brown -- comforts the comfortable and afflicts the afflicted. I will never vote for coalition_unwilling Oct 2012 #24
And nary a word about the Le Taz Hot Oct 2012 #33
Charter schools are not public schools, but they syphon money from public schools. Chorophyll Oct 2012 #25
Jerry Brown forever graham4anything Oct 2012 #26
Certainly I have. KamaAina Oct 2012 #37
I can only think of one reason why a charter school ... surrealAmerican Oct 2012 #27
Or it could be that the school does not have the facility to safely provide the lunch. wildeyed Oct 2012 #31
DING DING DING!!!! KamaAina Oct 2012 #38
FUCK ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS gopiscrap Oct 2012 #28
That's ridiculous. proud2BlibKansan Oct 2012 #35
I guess that parents will just send their kids to public schools so that they can get fed, right? Freddie Stubbs Oct 2012 #40
Not necessarily. We have seen this "show" before SoCalDem Oct 2012 #68
You are assuming that enough parents would send their kids to these obviously inferior Freddie Stubbs Oct 2012 #79
I never, ever, saw any lunch program in any California schools Brother Buzz Oct 2012 #51
ummm -- during the Truman & Johnson administrations? HiPointDem Oct 2012 #63
Never trikled down to my school Brother Buzz Oct 2012 #70
It's federal law, so it's hard to imagine it didn't exist in your district. Perhaps you didn't have HiPointDem Oct 2012 #75
and in many schools, great pains were taken so that the kids on the free-lunch SoCalDem Oct 2012 #81
What else will be exempted for charter schools so they can make a bigger profit? LiberalFighter Oct 2012 #65
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