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To: i-node who wrote (10312)	2/11/2017 1:08:24 AM
From: RMF	1 Recommendation Recommended By i-node Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361288

Catholic Schools have always done pretty well with their students. And it's NOT because their teachers make much money. And the schools are ALREADY there. Why not FUND them instead of giving money to "for profit" charter schools?

To: i-node who wrote (10312)	2/11/2017 12:01:43 PM
From: altair19	Respond to of 361288

i-node <There has been a Catholic school here for many, many years and it has a reputation for turning out excellent students> Similar here, as well as some excellent charter schools. My sense is two things....parents have a strong expectation that the kids will be pushed hard academically...and the schools have more control on the status of a kid at the school....they can boot kids out...and they don't have the robust programs the public schools for special needs kids. At the bigger regional high schools, kids at top academically are well challenged, as are kids with learning issues who need extra help...it's the kids in the middle who can drift if parents aren't heads up...just too many for adequate coverage. The expansion of charter school referendum this past November (Mass.) didn't fly...I suspect it was fear of the public school's budgets being allocated to expansion charter schools...there is some analysis that reflects it was the suburbs that shot it down. Complex issue Altair19