Choices, choices, choices–makes me want to spit acid and nails. As if “choices” is all there is to it, as if THAT were the single systemic problem in the school system we had before. For example, if OPSB no longer has a full slate of schools, why in the hell does it take 2-3 months for any goddamn thing to get done? Or filled out? And what can you know about a brand-new charter school or even one only a year old? How can you tell without doing the process part-time, or having teaching experience and/or an education degree, if a charter or non-charter school is experiencing growing/start-up pains or failing? How do you know what the mission statement comes down to in practice? Why are uniforms so universal in this “choice-filled” system?
In the end, this is really about transferring blame from the school to the parent. If you run this gauntlet and end up enrolling your kid in a crappy school the problem now isn't that the school is crappy as much as it is that you made a crappy choice. You are a very bad parent and your kids don't deserve a quality education.
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