Letters 10.22.04

Schools should work together

Editor, Index-Tribune:

I am a young widowed mother. My husband died when my daughter was 3-1/2 years old. When it came time for her to go to school, I was nervous about making the right choice. I chose Woodland Star Charter School and it has been for the past four years, and continues to be, a blessing for us. I have never met a kinder, more generous and supportive group of people. School board candidate Helen Marsh said that charter schools are taking away enrollment from the other schools. I am a prime example of why this is not true. If it were not for Woodland Star I would be home-schooling my daughter, a tough task for someone in my position. Choice shouldn't promote fear of not having enough. The "You win, I lose" mentality is not beneficial to anyone. As school board candidate Nicole Abaté Ducarroz says, we are all here to work together, as a community.

Cheyenne Shefé Smyth