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In reply to the discussion: Remember this 2010 order for 27 combat-ready shotguns for the Department of Education? [View all]madfloridian
(88,117 posts)The charter schools in our area are NOT under control of the district. In fact the school board often has words with them.
Here you go. A charter sends out a letter to a kid's parents telling them he does not meet the criteria to be at their school. A local school board member calls them out.
FL school board member demands that charters account for kids sent back to public schools.
"School Board member Frank OReilly wants district official to start tracking how many students are transferred from charter schools to public schools as a result of their grades, social economic status or behavioral issues. During a work session this morning, OReilly read a letter sent by Harold Maready, superintendent of McKeel charter schools, to a parent about their third grader who flunked the FCAT.
Your child does not meet the criteria to be a McKeel student, OReilly read.
If public schools were to reject students based on their academic performance, then they could be A schools, too, OReilly said.
We must take every child that comes through that door whether we like it or not, OReilly said. That is a public school paid by taxpayers dollars, and I like to remind Mr. Maready of that.