Letter: Utah’s high-tech charter schools have been successful

Thank you for your recent editorial on Utah charter schools (“Time to grow up,” May 12).Six charter schools are often cited as among the state's best. They were started during the Michael O. Leavitt administration with the help of a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.These charter schools were referred to as high-tech high schools because of their focus on math, engineering and science. These schools had strong relationships with local school districts and with the coll