A bad couple days for Florida’s Charter Schools

First three were forced to close on opening day, two in Miami.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/18/4295603/opening-day-for-south-florida.html

and one in Columbia county: 

http://www.redefinedonline.org/2014/08/charter-schools-state-board/

Next two close before they even open throwing at least a handful of families into the street:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local-education/champs-charter-schools-fail-to-open-in-delray-rivi/ng5dQ/

Another leaves families in a lurch cutting its enrollment just as school was about to start

 http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/pinellas-doesnt-know-how-many-east-windsor-kids-found-schools/2193479

Then yet another turns away a student whose parents didn’t complete enough community service hours:

 http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Mother-Says-Charter-School-Denied-Admission-to-Son-Over-Volunteer-Hours-271772871.html

Don’t worry public schools will be there to pick up the slack while doing a better job at the same time.

And finally the Florida Courts pushed back against Charter Schools USA, both questioning the way they do things and denying their appeals to expand.

 http://www.redefinedonline.org/2014/08/appeals-courts-criticize-florida-charter-school-statutes/

Choice just for choices sake, especially when the alternate choice is substandard and takes money away from public schools and puts that money into the pockets of charter school operators more interested in thier bottom line than educating our children, is a bad choice.