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Charter School Parent 'Grateful' to Have a Choice
Michigan Capitol Confidential ^ | 4/20/2015 | Audrey Spalding

Posted on 04/21/2015 9:25:22 AM PDT by MichCapCon

LaTanya Dorsey is a mother who sends her daughter to a public charter school in Eastpointe. Her daughter is on the honor roll and doing very well.

Dorsey didn't expect to have a say in where her daughter went to school.

“Usually, it's the district that you're in is the school that you would have to attend,” Dorsey said. “That kind of surprised me — that I did have a choice to send her to another school, so I was real grateful for that.”

Dorsey said that parental choice is critical to helping students attend a school that is the best fit for their needs. It doesn't make much sense, she said, to only use a child's home address to determine where he or she goes to school.

“We know what's best for our kids,” Dorsey said. “I know what's best for my daughter, and the school she attends is a great school.”


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: charterschools; choice; detroit; education; failingschools; publicschools; schoolchoice; schools

1 posted on 04/21/2015 9:25:22 AM PDT by MichCapCon
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This is a very good issue for republicans to reach out to blacks on.

Use it or lose it.


2 posted on 04/21/2015 9:32:48 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: cripplecreek

So right.

This, and illegals.


3 posted on 04/21/2015 11:03:34 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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