Where were all those folks pushing for a charter high school in Waukegan the other night when the District 60 school board quashed opening one in the city? Supposedly, hundreds of parents wanted their kids to attend this charter school proffered by a Chicago-based charter school group. From the picture in The News-Sun, The Hound has seen more people at a cat fight.
Rejecting the charter school was no surprise, but one would think there would have been voices raised at the school board session in its defense after officials released their 21-page analysis of the proposal. After all, who wants to lose tax dollars?
Time will tell if this was a good decision. Certainly, the folks who were backing it will think twice about asking the state to go ahead with the project. After all, why would you work to get a charter school in a community that doesn't want you?
The grand "small learning communities" plan has been touted as a better alternative than a charter high school. Let's see if this plan raises test scores and gives the city's students a better education than a charter school. As one parent told The Hound: "The city has to do something to make the schools inviting so people stay in the community and want to move into the community."
The ball is now in the "small learning communities" court, so to speak.
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