[Durham INC] example palming off costs on the public

[TheOcean1 at aol.com]

I've heard of the unwholesome practice of poverty stricken parents having  
more children to avail themselves of additional government services.  
Fortunately, one such set of parents can't just kidnap another parent's kids for  
that purpose.
 
Is it possible that charter schools have that ability?
 
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I'm just asking,
 
eeeeeBill Anderson



In a message dated 10/8/2011 11:33:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
christinebbd at yahoo.com writes:

Pat,  normally I agree with your position on topics sent to the list.  
However,  being the mother of a middle school-aged child, as well as the founder 
of the  first charter school in NC, I'd like to point out a flaw in your 
gripe  below.  Since when are parents entitled to babysitters and  carpools?  
Is it the government's job to babysit children?  I resent  the idea that my 
tax dollars should pay for babysitting and carpooling someone  else's kid!.  
My first thought was "where are the parents?"

 
 
 
 


You are right, this IS an example of palming off costs to the  public.  
It's the PARENTS who are palming off their responsibility, not  Kestrel 
Heights.  


Christine Chamberlain
Founder, Healthy Start Academy



  
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 From: Pat Carstensen  <pats1717 at hotmail.com>
To: inc listserv  <inc-list at durhaminc.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 8, 2011 7:44  AM
Subject: [Durham INC]  example palming off costs on the public

  
 
I've been hanging out afternoons at South Regional Library and  noticed 
clusters of teen-agers showing up every day about 3PM.  After a  while, I 
figured out they are students at Kestrel Heights, one of our charter  schools.  
Apparently the Kestrel Heights business plan does not include  providing 
transportation OR watching kids until their parents get there.   


Ideally these students would be using the internet and getting homework  
done, but they mostly seem to be "just chilling."  They seem nice and  
well-behaved, but they are middle school kids, at an ages where "chilling" can  
become "fooling around" and then "just being dumb."  


I resent the idea that tax-payer money is at risk for anything happening  
to these kids and then having parents cry "inadequate supervision."


Regards,  pat




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