[NewsJunky]

The fate of at least 16 charter schools is unclear after the Georgia Supreme Court found that the State Commission's authority to grant Charter Schools is unconstitutional. They ruled that the local BOE has to the authority to approve or deny them the right to operate. What will happen to all of the children who are enrolled in them?

http://www.ajc.com/n...nds-948220.html

[Blazing Saddles]

NewsJunky, on 17 May 2011 - 08:45 AM, said:

The fate of at least 16 charter schools is unclear after the Georgia Supreme Court found that the State Commission's authority to grant Charter Schools is unconstitutional. They ruled that the local BOE has to the authority to approve or deny them the right to operate. What will happen to all of the children who are enrolled in them?

http://www.ajc.com/n...nds-948220.html

They will have to attend the Gov't Indoctrinational Centers. Or GIC's for short.

[NewsJunky]

Blazing Saddles, on 17 May 2011 - 10:56 AM, said:

They will have to attend the Gov't Indoctrinational Centers. Or GIC's for short.

The Public Schools were involved in the law suit because they did not want money going to the charter schools they felt should go to public schools. I wonder if the students in the charter schools won or lost in this battle?

[LisaC]

I have mixed emotions about this one - first, charter schools in Atlanta have served the inner-city community very well. However, I didn't realize that they were getting funding from local school budgets (especially when local boards don't approve them). If a local board doesn't approve the charter school, why are they being forced to fund it?

I've got to read more about this and look at it a little more closely....

[NewsJunky]

LisaC, on 17 May 2011 - 11:52 AM, said:

I have mixed emotions about this one - first, charter schools in Atlanta have served the inner-city community very well. However, I didn't realize that they were getting funding from local school budgets (especially when local boards don't approve them). If a local board doesn't approve the charter school, why are they being forced to fund it?

I've got to read more about this and look at it a little more closely....

They will fund it only if the local BOE approves the charter school. GCA is approved in Paulding County and I see that as a good thing. They are a super choice for children who can't attend or have problems with a brick and mortar school.

[TwoKidCircus]

LisaC, on 17 May 2011 - 11:52 AM, said:

I have mixed emotions about this one - first, charter schools in Atlanta have served the inner-city community very well. However, I didn't realize that they were getting funding from local school budgets (especially when local boards don't approve them). If a local board doesn't approve the charter school, why are they being forced to fund it?

I've got to read more about this and look at it a little more closely....

The money is suppose to follow the child - at least that is what the charter school bill was trying to accomplish.

Newsjunky: completely incorrect. The charter school bill established the charter schools commission that has the ability to charter a new school above the objections of a local school board. It was not left completely up the local school board. Truly, why would a local board want to approve charter schools when the funding mechanism allows the money to go with that child to the charter school.

This post has been edited by TwoKidCircus: 17 May 2011 - 01:22 PM

[LisaC]

TwoKidCircus, on 17 May 2011 - 01:21 PM, said:

The money is suppose to follow the child - at least that is what the charter school bill was trying to accomplish.

Newsjunky: completely incorrect. The charter school bill established the charter schools commission that has the ability to charter a new school above the objections of a local school board. It was not left completely up the local school board. Truly, why would a local board want to approve charter schools when the funding mechanism allows the money to go with that child to the charter school.

My non-political common sense tells me that if I want to create a charter school and the local board says no, then that means I can't rely on local funds. Guess this is why I'm not a politician....

[NewsJunky]

TwoKidCircus, on 17 May 2011 - 01:21 PM, said:

The money is suppose to follow the child - at least that is what the charter school bill was trying to accomplish.

Newsjunky: completely incorrect. The charter school bill established the charter schools commission that has the ability to charter a new school above the objections of a local school board. It was not left completely up the local school board. Truly, why would a local board want to approve charter schools when the funding mechanism allows the money to go with that child to the charter school.

I don't disagree about what the Bill sought to accomplish. I just said that the Court ruled the State Commission's ability to over rule the local school boards is unconstitutional . I am for school choice by the way.

http://www.ajc.com/n...nds-948220.html
The high court ruled local school boards have the sole authority to fund and open public charter schools. Georgia has 170 charter schools — with 65,000 students enrolled — that are mostly unaffected by the ruling because they opened with local school board approval.

[TwoKidCircus]

LisaC, on 17 May 2011 - 02:08 PM, said:

My non-political common sense tells me that if I want to create a charter school and the local board says no, then that means I can't rely on local funds. Guess this is why I'm not a politician....

The question really is who does the local funds "belong" to. School board or the children.

[LisaC]

TwoKidCircus, on 17 May 2011 - 04:31 PM, said:

The question really is who does the local funds "belong" to. School board or the children.

Again, I'm not a politician, but I have always believed that it goes to fund the public schools.

[NewsJunky]

LisaC, on 17 May 2011 - 04:38 PM, said:

Again, I'm not a politician, but I have always believed that it goes to fund the public schools.

But approved Charter Schools are Public Schools.

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School funding should go to pay for the child's education, not to support the foundation of sometimes incompetent and poorly managed public school systems. Public support for education should not be based upon where the child is educated. While I am for local control, I can't see an incompetent board approving a competitive system that is likely to point out their incompetence.

The result will be that those boards willing to try new things to improve the educational opportunities in their county will continue to provide good governance, and those defensive, incompetent, backward systems will have another law to hide behind.

[NewsJunky]

Lots To Do, on 17 May 2011 - 05:45 PM, said:

School funding should go to pay for the child's education, not to support the foundation of sometimes incompetent and poorly managed public school systems. Public support for education should not be based upon where the child is educated. While I am for local control, I can't see an incompetent board approving a competitive system that is likely to point out their incompetence.

The result will be that those boards willing to try new things to improve the educational opportunities in their county will continue to provide good governance, and those defensive, incompetent, backward systems will have another law to hide behind.

Off the subject a little but did you know that the Venture Program will not be funded in Paulding as well as it has been in the past. I am hearing that it will be mixed with regular classes next year. I thought it was considered special needs and had to be funded. I think the special needs program in Paulding has lost some staff too. Folks this is not where we need to cut. That is just my opinion. Can't go back and redo past building and money spent there but maybe some Charter Schools are in order for this County!

[Mrs G]

I saw this on the news a while ago and they were talking about the Connections Academy and I saw the commercial about that, yesterday for the FIRST TIME. So, why are they showing the commercials when all this controversy is going on???