hardo_chocolate t1_jcmwgd1 wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:03 AM

Reply to comment by mikevago in Chater school vs. public schools by [deleted]

Mike — the journo is looking to get a sound bite that can be twisted to fit in with the JC Times support for the NJEA, JCBOE, and well you know … higher taxes (more gentrification).

It’s a typical mid-election cycle hit job that in a few years’ time, when the NJEA needs to undermine the charters, there is already a planted piece in a semi-credible “blog”. It is money the NJEA takes from teachers — union dues — that both JCTimes and the NJEA use to undermine charters.

TECCS is a middle of the pack charter. They have been chronically underfunded, but in recent years appear to be rebounding. Other charters haven’t been this successful.

And, Mike, I appreciate that you are forthcoming. I always respected that in you.

Need to go back into my lair.

mikevago t1_jcnk6rr wrote on March 18, 2023 at 3:12 AM

Ironically, the state budget cuts helped TECCS financially, because it was the state that was short-changing them. (There were several funding loopholes they were on the wrong side of — schools founded after 2007 got less money, charters got less money, there was a third thing I can't remember.) When the city passed the commuter tax, the charters actually got their fair share.

But there's a minimum per-student funding in New Jersey that, by law, every school has to get, and for several years TECCS was operating at 2/3 of that minimum. It's a goddamn miracle that school is as good as it is.