Oh great. Developers starting to cash in on relaxed charter school limits

[lutefisk]

This can lead to no good end. We pay taxes for public schools and developers take that money and open charter schools in their exclusive projects. Developers should not profit from public school funding. This is surely another sign of end times for public education in this country...

A Harnett County developer has gotten state approval to open a charter school this fall, just outside the entrance to his gated golf community.

David Levinson, developer of the Anderson Creek Club, had planned to build the school inside the community’s gate until state education officials raised concerns about public access. But even outside the gate, Anderson Creek Club Charter School could become a model for other developers who want a piece of North Carolina’s expanding charter-school market....

... “Charter schools need to be diverse,” said Christopher Hill, director of the education and law project for the N.C. Justice Center. “That’s not something you assume from a gated community. The thought of having a charter school in a development just feels a little icky.”

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[DonCoquixote]

1. In florida

The charter schools are planned right along the developments as a selling point. It also helps that in Florida, a lot of people think teachers are evil, and that most developers hate school taxes.

[Squinch]

2. And here we are at the original intention of the charter school movement.

Though I'm not sad to report that most parents are a little horrified at their charter schools when they find out what goes on behind the scenes - usually after their children have a wasted school year or two.

[snot]

3. Yup; it's all about looting.

[Starry Messenger]

4. The retirement developments, The Villages, have had charters for years.

They are "company schools", the children of Villages employees attend them. That creeps me out.

[LWolf]

5. Of course, NOBODY could see this coming.