Thursday, May 31, 2012

Should Chester have another Charter school?


This week’s Chester Spirit reports that The Chester Fund will appeal its rejection to establish the Chester Charter School for the Arts to the state Charter Appeals Board next week.
Can anyone blame the district for rejecting a new charter school with all the issues they have in funding the existing charter schools already in place?
And, why would anyone propose a new charter school in Chester after reading in today’s Daily Times that the courts denied Chester Community Charter School the nearly $28 million dollars they claimed is owed them from Chester Upland and the PA Department of Education?
Maybe it’s just me, but charters don’t seem to make economic sense around here. 

4 comments:

  1. YES THE SCHOOL OF YHE ARTS WILL BE WONDERFUL

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    1. A lot of things would be wonderful. Can Chester Upland school district afford another charter school?

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  2. Yea, it sounds nice and all but the answer is NO. Another Charter is a death sentence for the Chester-Upland.

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  3. We need to focus on chester upland and allocate the funds properly . Off topic I meant this man in Philly who was helping my niece get into college . This man Amir Rasheed amazed with his knowledge . Only high school graduate he help kids in philadelphia area get in to hbc school with little or no money. Taking trips with kids to these school an working hard to give them a better education . I was truly bless to have meet this man , I hope I can become his student so maybe i can develope a model for our kids .

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