Editorial “An unfortunate example of our significantly flawed charter school law” goes on to state:
“…There are some charter schools doing what charter schools ought to be doing, and that is offering students an education alternative in inventive — and sound — ways. One example is the La Academia Partnership Charter School, in the School District of Lancaster. Then there are charter schools that have done little more than wreak havoc on financially susceptible school districts nationwide.
Investigative reports and financial probes have found charter school board members buying goods and services from their own companies; schools donating millions of dollars to sway political elections; charters, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, investing in special interests, instead of education. In these cases, the charters’ investors — taxpayers — are essentially betrayed.
Chester-Upland School District, in Chester County, spends 46 percent of its budget on charters. The district was at one point required to pay $40,000 for each of the charters’ special education students. What that money is actually used for, nobody outside the charters knows.”
Since this is a pretty impassioned issue for many, LNP’s editorial will be annoying to some advertisers and a number of subscribers. This ain’t a ‘cheap shot’ like targeting Attorney General Kathleen Kane. LNP will have to pay a price here for its stance.
