The Charter Land/School Grab

Some charter schools are like colonial invaders.  I do not mean in any way to imply that the damage they inflict is on the same scale.  I fully understand that charters do not spread small pox, either intentionally or inadvertently through contact, or massacre human life.  I do feel, however, that through colocation and other policies, some practice imperialism in a very jingoistic way.  They threaten the very livelihood of public schools.  They claim superior civilization and they exclude those who do not measure up to their standards.  If these charters have their way, they will obliterate public education in the United States.

Charter schools first step on shore.  Unable to fend for themselves, the public schools assist.  Some charters reject students with disabilities or accept only a very few.  Some charters have lower proportions of English-language learners.  Some enforce harsh discipline.  Some lose many students through planned attrition to weed out the weakest.  For some charters, tests are their weapon of choice and they aim their guns at the public schools.  They claim public status for themselves, yet, refuse audits.

Claiming superior civilization, more and more charter schools come ashore.  The public students resist, but are overcome by the forces of greed, limitless wealth and corruption.  Public schools become overcrowded reservations in which persons either have second-class citizenship or none at all.  Students, sometimes those with the greatest needs, are shuffled around the City from school to school.  Some charters have their eyes upon their prime space.  I ask you, who are the real savages?