In “Russell Wilson-backed charter school faces state corrective action” [April 9], part of the school’s plan to restore their financial stability is to increase their student recruitment.
If charter schools are considered public schools, then why can they recruit students when the traditional public schools cannot? Traditional and charter schools both depend upon state funding based on their student population, but traditional schools cannot recruit students from another school or school district if their funding falls short of their needs.
The current funding problem with the Seattle Public Schools is a prime example. Should SPS be allowed to recruit (poach) students from nearby school districts to build up their funding base like charter schools can? That would never be allowed, and neither should it be allowed, for charter schools. They are public, not private, schools and as such should have to operate under the same rules as traditional schools.
Robert Oberlander, Issaquah