Cyber Charter Schools are a Superior Alternative
December 26, 2007
I'm writing regarding the Dec. 9 editorial about cyber charter schools. State Rep. Karen Beyer, who has proposed House Bill 446, needs to get her priorities in check. Her efforts would be better served if she focused on the problems in ''bricks and mortar'' schools.
With my children now enrolled in a cyber charter school, they are not exposed to the constant bullying, fighting and disrespect that is a daily occurrence in the other schools. I also don't have the fear of them being shot by a random bullet in a drug deal gone bad, or the threat of them being exposed to inappropriate sexual or abusive behavior by teachers.
Also, the cyber teachers actually have time to care because they don't spend their days trying to get unruly, disrespectful punks under control with no help from the administration. The cyber children work at their own pace, which means that the advanced student isn't bored waiting for the slower student and the slower student isn't stressed out about trying to keep up with the advanced student. The school day is spent in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere with constant support from a team of teachers available from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.
As for the provision requiring background checks for the cyber teachers, keep in mind that a convicted, imprisoned principal was from the
As for the hours that cyber students are on-line, this information is all logged into their computers so that is a moot point. Cyber schools are the wave of the future, so I suggest that everyone gets used to them. They are much less expensive than the ''bricks and mortar'' schools. In all fairness, they should receive the same dollar amount per child that the other schools receive, but they do not. They receive considerably less while the remainder goes to the home district. How they justify this, I do not know.
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