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When People I know start talking about what to do about a School for a child I ask how old, what grade would the child be in? What goals would you like your child to reach & how would you like him/her to reach them?

From the above questions I tell them that they have three choices in PPS that I would recomend & that they need to ge check them out & see which would be right for their child. I'm very active in the Boy Scouts so I talk with many parents from all over the city.

The 3 schools that I recomend, are LEP High Charter Schhol, Trillium a K-12 Charter School & Creative Science a Magnet School.

I have had sons in all three of these programs as well as 1 son who went the route of traditional public schooling. All have done well in there owen individual path but the 2 that have gone to special programs have found out a lot more about our world & the possibilities that they have in their future endeavors. The Special programs all talk with their students about College & about getting ready for the work force. My son that went the traditional school route found that the only futures brought to the forfront were Military or Work force upon graduation. Mostly due to income. My other sons have been told that they can do anything that they can make a difference in our Community & the World. ALL students are Encouraged to seek higher Education if they so desire & are helped along through the testing, application & acceptance process & financial process, through the Charter schools they attend. 

Trillium started long ehough ago that they have had their Charter Reviewed & accepted by PPS many times & have even now bought their own building!

LEP High is newer & having some financial difficulties, due to their curriculum standards & innovative approaches to training Future leaders & entreupeneur's which is more expensive, to get started as they need much more community support & technology to get started.

Shame on PPS for not Supporting All Charter Schools & helping them to flourish.

posted 3 years, 2 months ago
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