Re: “” Feb. 27 guest commentary.
I am appalled by Kerrie Dallman’s piece on the funding of public charter schools.
I am a mother to a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old. My oldest attends a charter school in Parker and my youngest will start preschool there this fall. I spent a lot of time educating myself on what school to send my kids to. There were a lot of reasons we chose a charter versus a traditional school: a high level of parental involvement, an accelerated and challenging learning environment, and flexibility in academics.
Charter schools are public schools and deserve equal funding. Legislators should vote “yes” on Senate Bill 61.
Shannon Carter, Parker
It is no surprise that a teachers union president is critical of support to charter schools, since those who teach there are not required to join unions. Charter schools are public schools, and as such, should be entitled to the property tax funds that support all public schools, since 13 percent of Colorado public school students attend charter schools.
To try to suggest that Coloradans voted against supporting charter schools when they voted in the last presidential election is politicizing what should be an obvious truth — all public schools deserve to share in the costs of educating our children regardless of who is president. And that is why Colorado Senate Bill 61 should be passed.
Eliza Crosslen, Arvada
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