Don’t charter schools take money away from public schools?
NO! Charter schools ARE public schools. The federal government, as part of its efforts to improve education, has set aside federal grant funds to cover the start-up expenses for charter schools who have been approved by the State Department of Public Instruction. These grant funds can bring $350,000 or more into the district. In the Neenah School District, one of the conditions for being granted a charter by the Board of Education is that operating costs for the charter school will not be more than the operating costs of other district schools – our teacher-student ratio must be similar, and ongoing expenses no more than in other schools.
