The school they wanted to attend could only accept one out of three of those who applied. Her friend had already decided to move to the suburbs if her children weren't accepted. Luckily for that family, they won the lottery. They didn't have to move. It's those who are saying we don't know enough yet to add more charter schools.
Parents know enough now.
They know firsthand the cost of waiting for change in the public schools. Some have no alternative. Others have to decide whether they can afford to pay for private or parochial schools or move out of their neighborhoods. But because of the arbitrary cap in the 1993 Education Reform Act, we've run out of charters. Fifteen charters were awarded for schools that opened last fall.