{"id":476,"date":"2012-09-24T06:50:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T10:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/outside-money-fueling-charter-school-amendment-referendum.html"},"modified":"2012-09-24T06:50:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T10:50:38","slug":"outside-money-fueling-charter-school-amendment-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/outside-money-fueling-charter-school-amendment-referendum.html","title":{"rendered":"Outside money fueling charter school amendment referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nWhy does Alice Walton want, to the tune of $250,000, for Atlanta\nto be able to force charter schools on local areas that don't want them?\n<\/p>\n

\nWayne Washington wrote for the AJC 14 September 2012,\n\nOutside money pours into Georgia for charter amendment fight<\/a>,\n<\/p>\n

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\nOut-of-state money is fueling the campaign of a group trying to\nconvince Georgia voters to change the state constitution so more\ncharter schools can be approved.\n<\/p>\n

\n\n<\/a>\nFamilies for Better Public Schools has raised $486,750, campaign\ndisclosure forms show. About 96 percent of that money has come from\ndonors outside of Georgia.\n<\/p>\n

\nDonors include Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton, politically\nwell-connected law firms and for-profit companies that are operating\ncharter schools in Georgia.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nHere's\n\nthe Georgia campaign finance report for Families for Better Public Schools,<\/a>\nwhich shows Alice Walton of Bentonville AR in for $250,000, K12 Inc. of Herndon VA in for $100,000,\nCharter Schools USA of Ft. Lauderdale FL in for $50,000,\nalso J.C. Huizenga and National Heritage Academies, both of Grand Rapids MI,\neach in for $25,000.\nThat's $450,000 from those five biggest donors, all out of state.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhat about opposition money; where's it coming from?\n<\/p>\n

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\nA coalition of groups opposing the amendment, Vote Smart, has raised\n$80,951, mostly from traditional school officials like teachers,\nprincipals and superintendents who say more charter schools and more\nstate money for them would threaten the funding of already\ncash-strapped traditional public schools.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nSo we have big out-of-state money funding demolishing our public schools,\nand public school people spending some of what little money they have\ndefending them.\nI know which side I choose.\nWhich side are you on?\n<\/p>\n

\nDo we want to turn our public schools into private corporate fiefdoms?\nIf not, vote No on the charter school amendment in November.\n<\/p>\n

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