By Michele Petersen, Somerset.
As most residents of our town know, the charter school topic is a hot one. Charters are public institutions, but the way they are funded in New Jersey causes division among pro- and anti-charter citizens. Funding needs to be fixed at the state level, but that’s a complicated topic for a separate opinion letter.
In September 2016 the Franklin Township Board of Education (BOE) voted to ban charter school children from participating in district sports. This decision by the Franklin BOE was made despite an overwhelming turnout from parents opposing the ban. The majority of the board felt that charters should provide their own athletics programs. Since the charters obviously have no athletics program in place and not enough students to form their own teams, only one thing happened: students suffered.
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