Opposition is mounting against Schools of Hope, an initiative that allows charter school operators to use vacant or underused district facilities they deem to be underperforming.
The United Teachers of Dade, NAACP’s Miami-Dade Branch, and the Miami-Dade County Council of PTA/PTSA pushed back Thursday against Schools of Hope’s “co-location” initiatives, arguing that these efforts will jeopardize both the economic health and community oversight of public schools.
“Schools are already having challenges. Now you’re going to bring in these operators to coexist, oftentimes with little to no oversight,” said Daniella Pierre, president of the Miami-Dade NAACP. “They’re going to be able to get this space on the backs of the people, and that’s not right.”…