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Marconian writes:

in response to Joe_Btfsplk:

Go Alex! Let the students weigh in on this issue. Well done!

"I am a resident and taxpayer living on Marco Island and would like to express my opinion OPPOSING a charter high school on Marco Island for the following reasons:

• Very little support for this project by the people who live on the island
Marco Island is a retirement community
• No need for a high school on the island - this increases overall cost
A local private high school exists already and is underutilized
A fine school only 20 minutes away – Lely
• No place to put a high school - there is just no way to fit a school on the island
Tract K is too small and has active nesting eagles
"Force fitting" a high school on the island would be inefficient and disruptive to the community
• Decrease in safety by bussing additional children to Marco from the Naples area
• An underutilized asset when many children elect to stay at Lely
Marco children who stay at Lely
Naples children who do not elect to commute to Marco

A charter school is intended to help disadvantaged communities - not upscale white communities. A better idea would be to provide added resources to establish Lely as a charter high school. Please DO NOT provide support to establishing a charter high school on Marco Island"

Marco island is a retirement community.......wrong...even though their are many retired people here as well as most Florida cities the fact that our beach front is covered in vacation rentals and RESORTS makes your comment look ignorant....Marco is in fact a Vacation destination and needs new young families to insure its growth and prosperity. yes, young families that will have children who will turn into high school age children who may or not choose to attend school here on the island or in naples that is what school of choice is about.
A charter school will fill that roll of choice for the future of the island.
also a private school is fine if you are rich a charter school is not private it is public so it would seem ignorant comments are made by the opposing group as well.

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