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No on charter school Initiative 1240 talking points | Seattle Education

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No on charter school Initiative 1240 talking points

“Funding proven solutions for ALL students, not unproven initiatives for a few”
The above statement is from the No on I1240 campaign.
A request has gone out to provide a short list of talking points for the No on Initiative 1240 campaign. I have borrowed heavily (meaning word for word) from Dr. Au’s post, a letter to be presented to Reuven Carlyle and my own posts on Initiative 1240 to distill down the main points into one or two sentences that can be used on any occasion.
Please use as you see fit.

I-1240 contains a parent or teacher trigger that allows for a slim majority of teachers or parents to sign a petition and convert any school into a charter school.
Initiative 1240 does not require any public notice to parents or teachers that a charter conversion petition is being circulated. The first time students, parents or teachers hear about this conversion might be after the fact, when