DougCo’s charter proposal protects schools from competition, not choice
By Kim Gilmartin | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
Douglas County has long been known as a community that values school choice, which is one reason a resolution recently advanced by the Douglas County School District (DCSD) Board of Education deserves much more attention than it has received.
The resolution, submitted to the Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB), asks for changes to Colorado’s Charter Schools Act that would give local boards more authority to consider how a new charter school might affect schools that already exist. CASB has now published the proposal as Resolution #3, submitted by the DCSD Board of Education, for consideration at its September Delegate Assembly.
The language matters. The resolution would allow local boards to consider the “educa...