Fund Education Now Member Supports Charter
Gotta love this story from FL about a parent who led a Parent Trigger effort at her childrens’ school – despite being “a founding member of Fund Education Now, an organization that has been at the forefront of opposing charter school expansion and, most recently, legislation that would have empowered parents of children at failing schools to avail themselves of the same option exercised by Sket and her peers at last week's public meeting.” This is so common – unions, Ravitch, the politicians who have sold out to them, etc. fight like crazy to trap OTHER parents’ children in failing schools they would NEVER accept for their own children:
In a historic move last week, parents at Rowlett Elementary School in Bradenton overwhelmingly voted to turn their public magnet school into a charter, but one of the parents leading the effort is a longtime activist for an organization that opposes charter schools and “Parent Empowerment” legislation.
On June 10, 95 percent of voting parents and 94 percent of all of Rowlett's teachers voted to move forward a petition to the Manatee County School District to allow their school – whose magnet program focuses on performing arts, visual arts, and communications – to become the first public school in county history to be converted to a charter using a special process provided for under Florida law.
Christine Sket, a student advisory committee member with two sons enrolled in the school, has received a fair share of local press for helping spearhead the effort. But she is also a founding member of Fund Education Now, an organization that has been at the forefront of opposing charter school expansion and, most recently, legislation that would have empowered parents of children at failing schools to avail themselves of the same option exercised by Sket and her peers at last week's public meeting.
“I've distanced myself from Fund Education Now for the time being, because this does look hypocritical,” Sket, whose LinkedIn profile still lists her as being affiliated with the group, tells Sunshine State News. “But it isn't really [hypocritical].”
On June 10, 95 percent of voting parents and 94 percent of all of Rowlett's teachers voted to move forward a petition to the Manatee County School District to allow their school – whose magnet program focuses on performing arts, visual arts, and communications – to become the first public school in county history to be converted to a charter using a special process provided for under Florida law.
Christine Sket, a student advisory committee member with two sons enrolled in the school, has received a fair share of local press for helping spearhead the effort. But she is also a founding member of Fund Education Now, an organization that has been at the forefront of opposing charter school expansion and, most recently, legislation that would have empowered parents of children at failing schools to avail themselves of the same option exercised by Sket and her peers at last week's public meeting.
“I've distanced myself from Fund Education Now for the time being, because this does look hypocritical,” Sket, whose LinkedIn profile still lists her as being affiliated with the group, tells Sunshine State News. “But it isn't really [hypocritical].”
posted by Whitney Tilson at 10:00 PM
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