A Non-religious, Academically Rigorous Charter School in COS?
Given the recent influx of aggressive evangelical influence in our area public schools, most recently demonstrated by the abrupt firing of D20's superintendent by the very partisan school board, I'm wondering how much interest and support there would be for a charter school in the area that is explicitly religiously unaffiliated and academics-oriented. That is, a charter school that is run the way our public schools OUGHT to be: without religious/political beliefs underlying everything; a commitment to accept and support all students, regardless of their religion (or lack thereof), race, gender, sexuality, or socio-economic background; and a focus on meaningful academic achievement and progress. If you know anything about the charter schools in the area, you'll know that this is the kind of thing they all say they're about, but they're all lying. They are, in fact, designed to cater to white, wealthy, right-wing evangelicals, and if that's not you, you're not welcome. (They're essentially publicly funded, autonomous Christian schools.) And we know the school boards have a similar vision for all the area's public schools.