In response to the letter of July 13 titled “The hidden costs of charter schools”: I apologize for not previously giving more evidence of the truth about racial inequality (Monitor letters, July 7), but I am limited to 250 words here.
If one knows anything about the truth of my point, just look at the Harlem Children’s Zone, a charter school in New York City. Without the vision of Geoffrey Canada to start that school, students would have gone through public schools without the skills to read and write at grade level. This is no new angle. Charter schools like Harlem Children’s Zone have been properly educating minority students for 25 years.
The New Hampshire sustainable money that would go to these parents is their money they pay in taxes. If a child leaves a public school, that money does not go to the public schools. Those sustainability funds go to the public schools based on the number of students enrolled.
Just look at most of the major cities in America that have had Democratic mayors for decades. They cannot properly educate most students in a one-size-fits-all public school. We need to properly educate students with special needs.
When an idea is proposed to narrow the gap of income at the lower end of the income spectrum, those who cry out the loudest about the income inequality are the ones who find reasons to favor institutions over people. Amazing.
JOSEPH MENDOLA
Warner