Lack of Options for Maine Families
The dearth of educational options in Maine has left families with a lack of flexibility when it comes to providing their children with the best possible school experience. Parents interested in the possibility of sending their children to a charter school are likely to encounter serious difficulties. With hundreds of students already queued up on waiting lists and a strict limit of 10 charter schools in place, there is little hope for parents who would like to pursue this option. If Maine does not take action to allow more charter schools to open their doors, many students are going to be effectively barred from receiving the kind of education that would allow them to reach their full potential, putting them at a great, and unfair, disadvantage to students in other states.