Letter Defends CCSD's School Lotteries Against P & C Bias

It's amazing that this Letter to the Editor got published.

After the moaning and groaning highlighted over the Charleston County School District's magnet and charter schools, Joyce Green felt the need to respond. Good for her!

As Green cogently points out, no one would be worrying about lottery results if all of the district's schools were better:

"The truth is, with roughly half of all Charleston schools expected to be rated below average or unsatisfactory this year, choice schools represent the only acceptable option for many students."

"Under-resourced children shoulder the greatest share of this burden, as it is precisely those least able to afford private schools whose neighborhoods offer the lowest quality public education. Many parents are realizing that if they stick with their zoned schools, their children will be deprived of the American dream."

"It’s wrong to fault the schools that parents and students aspire to attend, rather than condemning the schools that most under-resourced kids are forced to attend."

Right on.

Let the editors and reporters send their children to failing schools. Not likely to happen.