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District mulls speaking out on charter schools

MILL HALL — Charter school reform has been a hot topic in many school districts — including Keystone Central — for the past several years. And on Thursday, the Keystone Central School Board may weigh in on the topic Thursday.

At the Keystone Central school board’s work session last week, the board discussed a motion calling for charter school reform. If adopted this week, the resolution would be signed by school board president Boise “Bo” Miller and sent to Harrisburg and Gov. Tom Wolf.

“I think it’s important for the board of directors to look at charter school reform and to support the proposal that’s out there because of what it does for the district,” said district superintendent Jacquelyn Martin.

The measure would “send the message to the legislators down there,” said board member Jeff Johnston.

According to Martin, it is imperative that legislators know the significance of charter school reform.

“I did meet with Rep. Stephanie Borowicz. We wanted her to make sure that she had a solid understanding of the funding and what I call ‘voodoo math.’ It does not make a lot of sense but when you really nail down how those figures are calculated, it’s very unfair in many different ways,” Martin said.

The Thursday meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Central Mountain Auditorium.

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