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vinny9698

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8. Charter Schools will always be more efficient at the expense of the school experience
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:24 PM
Feb 2013

Charter Schools have a large advantage over expenses because:
No school buses, very expensive for a school just look at your local school district bus barn
No athletics
No shop classes
No bands
No special education programs
No disruptive students allowed

They cherry pick their students and kick out the trouble or slow learners to the curb. By law public schools have to accept and provide services for all.

Let's just compare charter school kids to gifted and talented public kids and see the results.
All three of my kids are in public schools and proud of it. Two are in track and two are taking computer repair classes, both of which are not offered in charter schools. And they get to socialize with all types of students, not just some nerdy kids that the charters want to cherry pick.

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