tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21978939.post3286126685113603182..comments2024-02-17T09:15:28.288-05:00Comments on Norm's Notes: The DOE spends more than $12,000 per charter school student; more than twice as much as estimated belowed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21978939.post-47841504996300558742009-08-14T02:40:34.217-04:002009-08-14T02:40:34.217-04:00The claim that "charters are public" is ...The claim that "charters are public" is a falsely propagated myth designed to deceive our public.<br /><br />When charters have private boards and are exempt from public oversight, regulations & laws, union regs & laws, and can manipulate who they can accept, then they are private. If Harlem Success Academy Director can appropriate a $370K Salary without public input or a Brooklyn Charter Director appropriates a $700K salary, then we should be able to indict those charter-operators for super-grand larceny....had they not been exempt from public laws and oversight.<br /><br />Charters schools, yes, do appropriate or rob the public schools of public monies. But they run privately.Zitmedshttp://www.zitmeds.com/noreply@blogger.com