Ralph Arza, representing the Florida Charter School Alliance, presented at district meetings in Hillsborough and Miami Dade in February 2021.The FCSA was the only organization in the state present at the meetings and prepared to defend our members and all Florida charter schools.
When a Hillsborough board member incorrectly stated that the district lost millions because of charter schools, Arza spoke up to clarify and correct that statement. Charter schools “provide a service to this county,” explained Arza at the Hillsborough Charter School Workshop.
“Charter schools have also saved the school board money…it would cost the district $22,000 per student station to serve the more than 32,000 students currently enrolled in a public charter school. That’s more than $700 million” worth of student stations built by charter operators.
The narrative that charter schools cause district financial problems is false and an unfair assumption.
Click here to watch his testimony.
The narrative that charter schools cause district financial problems is false and an unfair assumption.
Click here to watch his testimony.
