Charter schools act more like private schools: Letters

Re “Let parents choose their children’s school” (Letters, Sept. 12):
Telling detail from charter school advocate Chuck Trout’s letter to the editor. He says charters are great “compared with public schools.”
Aren’t charter schools supposed to be public schools? Therein lies the problem with many (not all) charter schools: They want the benefit of public funding, but essentially operate as private schools.
— Jeff Marbut, Fountain Valley
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