Other Than That, We Like Charter Schools
Aspire Public Schools runs 21 charter schools for 6,000 students in California. They want to open the Aspire College Preparatory Academy in fall 2009, which would be the first charter school in Modesto.
From the Modesto Bee:
“Teachers union representative Barney Hale urged trustees to deny the charter petition, saying the district has its own small learning communities and is working on starting its own charter schools. Hale said he also didn’t want to see the district lose students to Aspire, and the resulting teachers who might be laid off.”
Won’t Aspire have to hire teachers? Oh, but those teachers probably won’t be helping to pay Mr. Hale’s salary, or supporting the political TV ad industry.
