Reply #7: Charter schools [View All]

[abelenkpe]

"Charters claim to be public schools but act like private entities all the while using public tax dollars as part of a dual and dueling school systems."

That's pretty much how I view charter schools. I read recently that many are actually receiving more tax payer dollars than public schools.
Recently my sons school held a drive for book donations for a school in south LA. They collected over 500 books for the school. Turns out the school the books were going to is a charter school. If charter schools are an exclusive privately owned enterprise that undermine the public school system and operate like they don't owe anything to the community they serve then why do they need our taxpayer dollars or donations?