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This just popped into my head. Around the turn of the Millennium in Osceola County, there was a good ole boy network with strong ties to the Capitol. They boasted about their networks. What made this such an incredible scenario is that the newspaper did a very good job of investigating this group. That doesn't normally happen. But in this case, we received information that the good ole boy network existed and that they took public money to build charter schools.
Today in the paper, I noticed that a school administrator had admitted to accepting kickbacks for school construction work. Then it dawned on me, is this push to destroy the public school system an attempt to loosen up the oversight on school construction work? Not just in standards of construction, but also in the bidding process? And is that why public schools are hounded by the FCAT, required to meet standards that private schools do not have to meet? Because this added pressure encourages parents to select the private schools over the public ones, increasing the demand for charter schools? Not just because their kids don't have to take the test, but because it's been publicized over and over again that the public schools are taking away time from their regular curriculum to teach the kids how to take the test.
In Florida, at least, I can attest to the fact that every major decision revolves around the real estate market. There is no evidence that logic or common sense is factor in the decisions of our community leaders and elected officials. So, follow the money and what is pushing this anti-public school move, is indeed, a dark force.
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