The Parent Trigger/HB 123 - Does it Make Any Sense?
An education advocate wonders about this piece of legislation.
Does anyone remember the constitutional amendment battle last year? The battle where our Republican leadership wanted us to pass an amendment which expanded the role of government in Georgia and removed local control by giving it to an appointed State Charter Commission? We bought that one hook, line and sinker. Republicans convinced Republicans - some, not all - to forget about the other part of the party platform that talks about limited government and local control. The same group is back at it in the legislature trying to pass more bills which will eventually destroy our open public schools (vs. closed charter public schools – try moving here in January and getting into one). Why? Because promoting charter schools and vouchers is …
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School Choice Mom
9:44 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
And until you have walked in the shoes of a parent that is forced to send their child to a failing school with a school administration that won’t listen to your concerns that your 5th grader can’t read... because they have no other “choice”... then you should remain in North Fulton and be HAPPY and stop getting in the way of parents that want a better future for their child. And when ALL of GA’s … more ›