When the suggestion was made yet again during a recent interview, Verrilli tried not to bristle. I think people say that because poor folks have never had a choice.
Rich folks get choices all the time.
They choose where they want to live, they choose what community they want their house in. They choose what private school or public school they want their kids to go to. Poor folks don't get a choice. I say every parent cares about their kid. North Star Academy, founded by Verrilli and colleague Norman Atkins, is just three years old and already one of the two top performers on standardized assessment tests among Newark's more than 40 public schools.