"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"

Read the timeline here of litigation related to Bullis Charter School in Los Altos. Sit down before you read it - dizziness will ensue!

Read here about Los Altos School District parents' reaction to learning that hundreds of their students will be displaced and a school site closed to accommodate Bullis, which educates the children of Silicon Valley tech execs.

We must defeat the Ross Valley Charter, because, if approved, it could drain millions of dollars over the next years from our local school district, displace students, and further divide our Ross Valley community.

Our Ross Valley Schools are great, and deserve our support!!

NY Times on the Charter School Battle in the Suburbs

Found this interesting article (though three years old) on a suburban charter battle in New Jersey. The article shows how divisive the battle can be, and this charter was framed similarly as a "choice" for children within a very successful school district. A Millburn Parents Against Charter Schools spokesperson explained, “I’m in favor of a quality education for everyone,” Mr. Stewart said. “In suburban areas like Millburn, there’s no evidence whatsoever that the local school district is not doing its job. So what’s the rationale for a charter school?” 

In a parallel to RVSD, that District stood to lose almost $300,000 at a time when they didn't have "enough money to run the schools as it is."

According to Mr. Stewart,  "Public education is basically a social contract — we all pool our money, so I don’t think I should be able to custom-design it to my needs,” he said, noting that he pays $15,000 a year in property taxes. “With these charter schools, people are trying to say, ‘I want a custom-tailored education for my children, and I want you, as my neighbor, to pay for it.’ ”