| Charter as restructuring |
6/8/04 11:01 AM |
| Author:
lynn deutsch
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(Hi, Jennifer)
As a parent who led the effort to convert our neighborhood elementary school (which was not a failing school) to charter status 7 years ago, I am skeptical of charter status as an option to restructure simply because of the time it takes (in my opinion) to do it right. In Georgia, you have to negotiate with both the LEA and the SEA and that alone takes time. Additionally, in your charter, you have to define what you are going to do differently than a traditional school. You also need to have parent buy in and participation from the beginning. It tooks us 15 months from start to end, which might be time needs improvement schools don't have.
SEAs could help by having technical support available specific to conversion schools and by having high level (state superintendents to local superientendents) discussions early in the process.
Lynn Deutsch, parent
Posted as a reply to:
Real-World Application by Jennifer Rippner
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