Parents Hungry For Charter High School
I was one of about 15 people who sat down with state Rep. Rafael Anchia in the Rosemont Primary School library last night to discuss the prospect of creating an open-enrollment charter high school in North Oak Cliff.
Anchia asked the parents what their dream high school would look like. Here are the bullet points:
- It would have a rigorous curriculum, including honors and AP courses.
- The student-to-teacher ratio would be low.
- Students would have extracurricular options ranging from sports to the arts.
There seemed to be a hunger for what Anchia is proposing. One dad said, “We have to have something like this, or we’re going to leave someplace we love.”
On the other hand, there’s the mom who told the group about her eighth-grade daughter who has applied to the music program at Booker T. Washington. “If she doesn’t get in,” the mom said, “I’m fine with her going to Sunset.”
We’ll have more on this topic in next week’s edition of Oak Cliff People.
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