Charters and Choice Win School Election

[Wesley Mouch]

I knew parents in Detroit weren't fond of DPS, but I had no idea 60% of parents now have successfully avoided DPS.

From mlive.com, DPS has the 6th highest student escape rate, with 62,000 of 104,000 bolting:

#6. Detroit Public Schools [[Wayne County)

Fall 2016 enrollment in the Detroit school district equated to 40% of public-school students who lived in the district. The breakdown:

• Number of students living in the district: 104,322;
• District's fall 2016 enrollment: 41,388;
• Gain from non-resident students: 1,811;
• Loss from residents enrolled in other districts: -14,134;
• Loss from residents enrolled in charters: -50,611;
• Net loss: -62,934.

I believe in public education, but at what point should a district be dissolved and re-constituted into something parents like?