I did not vote for the amendment because it guaranteed an increase in spending. I voted for it because I did not want local dictatorial school systems/school boards to be the only ones to approve or disapprove new charter schools.
I have watched too many meetings of the Atlanta and Fulton County School Boards IGNORING the needs and wants of its minority parents (white people).
Too many times when parents of North Fulton (e.g., Roswell and Sandy Springs) wanted something, they were completely ignored by the black school board. I have no doubt this situation exists in any Georgia Urban area.
This amendment was about one thing; taking away dictatorial power and giving parents some avenue of redress, specifically, taking their case to a state legislative board that isn't racist.
Lastly, the vote NO side of this equation was SPONSORED by the Georgia Association of Educators and the Fulton County School Board - two organizations with which I'll NEVER agree on anything.
See? There’s scores of these victories to be found. We may have lost a big battle but we won some, too.
My candidate for US Senate, here in Pa., was Sam Rohrer. Sam lost his primary battle to Tom Smith. While Sam was in the Pa. State legislature, he crafted the first legislation for charter schools and won. It has become the model for other states.
Sam spoke with us the other night, topic; what’s next?
Among returning and reaffirming ourselves to the Judeo-Christian teachings that were the basis for our founding documents, we Must take back the education of our youth. I think it was Kruschev that said...”give us your youth and wie’ll take your country.” Election night was won by their side in no small measure due to the youth vote. We MUST win the battle of ideas on this front. It will be a long term battle. I’ll take these victories where I can get them.
Are teachers in these charter schools members of the union?
Also something else under reported. Georgia is one independent away (ee is considering changing to GOP) from having a GOP supermajority in both the State House and Senate...just the reverse of California.
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