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DOLLARS AND SENSE—CAUSE FOR HOPE

In response to Chris Maag's article "Schoolyard Fight" [January 28], I find it sad that politics play a part in all areas of Cleveland life. As a parent of a HOPE Academy student, I believe the attacks of Rich DeColibus are unfair and motivated by something less than an interest in supplying children with the best education possible.

We chose the HOPE Academy-Lincoln Park campus as an alternative to Cleveland schools. While the district may be improving, there are just too many problems associated with it and its long history of failure for us to entrust our child to it. HOPE offers an alternative to parochial schools, which are rapidly closing in urban areas and have a religious influence some families might object to.

Yes, HOPE Academy is a work in progress. It takes more than a year or two to undo years of inadequate education. Time is needed to judge whether charter schools will be more or less successful than public schools.

It is one thing to be critical of charter schools, but it is entirely different to try and sabotage them. DeColibus and the union are motivated by the $5,000 they lose per child who goes to HOPE. If the union leaders, the district, and the teachers had worried more about the students in the first place, maybe charter schools would not be an attractive alternative.

Brian M. Anderson
Cleveland

Originally printed in the February 18, 2004 issue of the Cleveland Scene.
Copyright © 2004. New Times. All Rights Reserved.

 

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