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Friday, 26 September 2003

3,000 Protest Charter Schools in Lansing

by AmericaJR

On Thursday, Detroit Public Schools were closed for a special protest about charter schools which took place at the State Capitol in Lansing, MI.

The plan was to double the number of charter schools in the state of Michigan. Governor Granholm had the decision to make whether it would happen or not. Granholm had a discussion with Michigan Republicans on Thursday.

Protestors said that charter schools are bad because they take money away from public education funds. Charter schools recieve the same amount of money per student as public schools do.

Shirley Jones is a Detroit Public School teacher. She said, "Public schools have served us well for over 100 years." Jones added, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

One teacher, Greg Church said that public schools are better than charters. He said, "What a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of kids come right back to public schools because they're low-achieving or have behavior problems."

Robert Thompson proposed a $200 million deal to Gov. Granholm. He wanted to open 15 new high schools in the city of Detroit. They were all going to be charters to offer students a choice for education.

Granholm Decides on the Charter Schools

Gov. Granholm said "no" to the new charter schools after learning that Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick didn't like the idea. She decided that he would know best about the education in his city.

The original plan was to open 150 new charter schools in Michigan. Of those, 15 would be in the city of Detroit. There is a state of Michigan law capping charter schools to 150 throughout the state.

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