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Originally Posted by bizaro86
My kid's public school has extra fees for extra-curriculars/field trips and fundraising, exactly the same as charters. We went to the STEM Academy open house last year (and will apply this year), seemed the same as public school cost-wise.
Having schools that are open to everyone, charge no mandatory fees, and get the exact same resources per student as the public system doesn't seem like a big problem to me.
There isn't any reason to presuppose that 1 public board will always do the best job for all students. We already have 2 (and the smaller one gets consistently better results). It seems reasonable that they might not be perfect - why should they have a government enforced monopoly on public education.
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I went to the same open house... so annoying even though my son is a current student, but had to go to find out more info about my daughter getting in next year. It's only a 3 min drive from my house also.
Best of luck in the lottery!