My kid finished HS several years ago in a charter school (I’m a single parent) that I was likewise condemned for by statist types. She just left the USAF after a successful career as a Jet mechanic on the 117, the 22 the 36 and lastly, flying aboard the doomsday plane with Hagel. And just got hired into a large defense co.
Getting her out of the mainstream public schools was the best thing I ever did for her. She then did the rest on her own. Because she knew how.
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