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Parent Perspective: A Summit Parent’s Letter to the Editor
The following letter appeared in the Northwest Asian Weekly on November 6, 2015 After the recent Washington Supreme Court ruling that said public charter schools were unconstitutional, my family was devastated. Thank you to the bipartisan group of...
Parent Perspective: Making A Non-Political Case For Charter Schools
By Linda Sikora The issue of charter schools is our state’s newest political hotbed – if you’re “for” charters, you must be Republican and anti-teacher/anti-union, and if you’re “for” public schools, well then of course you’re Democrat and most...
Parent Perspective: For the first time, my son is thriving at school
By Deanne Hilburn My son Austin is a sixth grader at Excel Public Charter School in Kent, Washington. We chose Excel because we needed an option for our son that would allow him to thrive in his academic environment. Last school year, Austin was...
Washington State legislators from both sides of the aisle urge state Supreme Court to reconsider public charter school ruling
Ruling infringes on legislative role, harms low-income students and threatens to close nine local schools | Clibborn, Magendanz, Pettigrew, Smith, Springer, Braun, Fain, Hobbs, Litzow, and Mullet step up for WA students Seattle— Today, Philip...
Parent Letter To Rep. Pettigrew by Lynn Gilliland
Hi Rep. Pettigrew, I was at the meeting last week at Summit Sierra and didn’t get an opportunity to personally come over and give you a big hug for understanding the great need for educational alternatives for students!! I am a mom and my youngest...
Teacher Perspective: The Need for Public School Choice for Teachers
By Kayla Vickaryous, 6th Grade English Language Arts and Literacy Enrichment teacher at Destiny Middle School Eight months ago I made a major decision that some might consider a road less traveled. I consider it the only logical choice....
Summit Public Schools Washington: Board of Directors’ open letter to the state Supreme Court
As the members of the board of directors of Summit Public Schools in the State of Washington, we were of course highly disappointed by your 6-3 decision last month to shut down Washington charter schools. By going against the will of the voters...
Parent Perspective: For my family, it’s about the freedom to choose the best fit
Since the State Supreme Court ruled Washington’s voter-approved public charter school law unconstitutional, we’ve heard from hundreds of parents who passionately want to see charter schools continue—as they’re already seeing positive results in...
Attorney General asks Supreme Court to reconsider charter school ruling
This afternoon, Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a Motion for Reconsideration in response to the State Supreme Court's ruling on our voter-approved public charter school law. A news release from his office said the Court's opinion...