Why do 60% of the teachers and 60% of the parents or guardians need to =
agree to start a charter school? It seems as if a person would have to =
lobby the parent's and teachers to start one. Thus, who ever has the =
best marketing plan or lobbying plan gets to start a charter school - =
not necessarily good schools. =20
I don't think we want the randomness there is in Arizona where if you =
have a pulse you can get a license to start a school, but I think we =
should look at other criteria to start a school. There may be smaller =
groups of parent's who want to start a school, have a good model that =
would be effective and would have to spend a lot of time and money just =
to get one going. Is this necessary? What about people who don't have =
a good plan for a school but have an excellent lobbying campaign?=20
Thanks=20
Katrina