But apparently it was unable to hold students here in Delaware. State officials put the local school on probation in February because of poor student attendance and administrative problems. It is reassuring that the state Department of Education perceived problems early at the independent charter school and intervened. When it became clear things were not going to improve, probation was ordered. At the end of the school year, the Milburn directors decided to close.
Charter schools are experimental.
Some failures can be expected. But the fact that the Department of Education is keeping close tabs on them is comforting. Just because students and their parents choose an alternative education, there can be no retreat from demanding the best education. HIV and AIDS are decimating the population on the continent, hitting the poor hardest. The virus is being transmitted by heterosexual sex.