Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly last November to raise up all children by keeping the cap on charters (“To ‘cherish’ education,” Oct. 8). By 62 to 38 percent, we rejected the expansion of a two-tier, separate-and-unequal school system.
The message was clear: We cherish our public schools, which welcome and educate the vast majority of our children. Unlike charters, traditional public schools include many students with disabilities, English learners, recent immigrants and homeless children.
Question 2 lost in all the Boston neighborhoods that charter schools claim to want to help. Parents in Boston, like suburban and rural parents, want public schools with the resources to offer a well-rounded education. They want children to have art, music, physical education and recess. Let’s remember the lessons learned from Question 2. Let’s cherish and fund schools that educate all our children.
— Lisa Guisbond, president, Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance, Boston