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A coalition of parents, educators, and community leaders is protesting what it calls an "unfunded mandate" and the "unprecedented surge of 'Schools of Hope' charter operators" who seek to open programs inside hundreds of South Florida's public schools.
The groups — including the United Teachers of Dade, NAACP Miami-Dade Branch, the Miami-Dade County Council of PTA/PTSA, and others — oppose the "co-location" efforts, which they argue threaten the financial stability and local control of the public education system.
" It's called co-location, but in reality, it is the hostile takeover of our traditional public schools," said Florida PTA President-Elect Jude Bruno at a press conference Thursday outside of a Miami elementary school.
" It is a for-profit charter operator having the ability t
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