Some fools don't even know what's in the bill.....and they are teaching our kids.
On Tuesday, a group of teachers surrounded Carmichael outside the West entrance of the State Capitol Building and engaged in sometimes heated conversation with the Senate's conservative leader.
"Public schools have to accept everybody," said Daina Berry, a middle school teacher from Kanawha County, told Carmichael. "We do our best every day to help every student. With charter schools, they can say, 'I don't want that kid in my school.' Then public schools have fewer of those better students to help our lesser students."
"You put forth a supposition that they're not going to take other kids, they're only going to take the cream of the crop," Carmichael answered. "How would you feel if you knew the bill said they must have open enrollment?"
"Charter schools are still public schools and would still answer to the county boards and the state Board of Education for student performance standards. If the school is not following its charter, it could be shut down."
On Tuesday, a group of teachers surrounded Carmichael outside the West entrance of the State Capitol Building and engaged in sometimes heated conversation with the Senate's conservative leader.
"Public schools have to accept everybody," said Daina Berry, a middle school teacher from Kanawha County, told Carmichael. "We do our best every day to help every student. With charter schools, they can say, 'I don't want that kid in my school.' Then public schools have fewer of those better students to help our lesser students."
"You put forth a supposition that they're not going to take other kids, they're only going to take the cream of the crop," Carmichael answered. "How would you feel if you knew the bill said they must have open enrollment?"
"Charter schools are still public schools and would still answer to the county boards and the state Board of Education for student performance standards. If the school is not following its charter, it could be shut down."