Hillsboroughâs charter school growth challenged by new board members
How hard will they push back against Floridaâs school choice agenda?
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Waterset Charter School in Apollo Beach serves more than 1,100 students. More than 30,000 Hillsborough County students are learning at charter schools, which use public money but are operated outside the school system. [ Courtesy of Waterset Charter ]
TAMPA â They campaigned on a platform to protect the public schools.
Now some Hillsborough County School Board members are looking for ways to change the way they deal with charter schools â those privately managed, yet publicly funded institutions that sign up tens of thousands of Hillsborough public school students every year.