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teachers, not replace them. Each
By Scott Taper
student is supposed to follow a 3.5% Total
personalized learning program,
Charter Schools are a or PLT, that permits that student
business. There it is. It’s the to progress at his or her rate of Commission!!!
unspoken truth about charter learning. Now imagine that
schools in California and across Trump’s appointed Secretary of
the United states. In California Education Betsy Devos makes
the average allocation of it even easier to for parents
funds per student varies from to use the money to intended JUST SOLD and we can
neighborhood to neighborhood, for charter schools and uses it
but the average student instead for private, nonpublic
allocation is $9,595 per student. schools. The public school Sell Yours Too!!
When a charter school is granted system that is already under
a charter, it receives those funds assault from charter schools will
instead of the public schools in become focused even more on
the districts in which they are getting students to graduate high
started. Do the math. A 200 schools, not prepare them for
student charter school receives college. Charter schools will
$1,919,000, instead of those place even greater emphasis will
funds going to the traditional be on getting more students, not
public school. Charter schools education. There have already
are not private; indeed, they are been terrible examples of such
public schools that are created to schools nationwide, which I
better educate children, maybe. hope parents and school officials
They rent facilities from the are paying attention. Right
school district or in the case here in Northern California,
of a few, they may build their Livermore had a charter
own. However, in all cases school that was caught sending
they promise to offer a better undesirable students to another Beautiful 3/2 home on quiet Cul de Sac, 1409 sq
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the local public school. Many reasons.
do not offer such education Parents, choose your schools and in the heart of 95123/Blossom Valley
opportunities because they wisely, whether they are charter
are failing as badly as some or traditional. Base your
public schools or worse. In my decision on what you have heard
opinion, in many schools, both from other parents and from Tom Merigan
traditional public and charter students because your son or
schools, the art of teaching has daughter may find themselves Realtor/Altas Realty
been abandoned and relegated to woefully behind if they are able Office: (408) 559 - 1069
computer application education to make it college because they Cell: (408) 329 - 3150
such as Khan Academy, which have not taken the required
was meant to supplement courses. Email: tmerigan@yahoo.com
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Scott Taper is a biweekly contributor who consults
in the field of commercialization and licensing of Tom is your 95123

patented technologies/consumer products.
Send inquiries to staper@scitechcal.com Area Specialist!!

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