Will Governor
#DanMcKee sacrifice
#RhodeIsland’s
#children to SAVE HIS CAREER?
In pre-K, a young girl, Claire, wowed her mother, DeNeil, by sounding out letters before her first day in kindergarten.
DeNeil, like any mother, wanted her daughter to soar.
But Claire’s teachers in the Providence Public School District stuck to the curriculum [during the '
#pandemic'] despite DeNeil’s best efforts.
Claire struggled to read in her first and second grades.
DeNeil had placed Claire on a
#charter school waitlist since Kindergarten, but no seat ever opened.
But in 2021, the Rhode Island
#State #Senate PASSED a charter school MORATORIUM bill, which needed approval from the state House.
The hostile move against charters threatened Claire’s chance to receive a superb education.
**Thankfully,
#parents DEFEATED the legislation.
More impressively, Rhode Island boasts
**the most effective charter sector in the country**
But the proposed three-year MORATORIUM on charter schools would lower the charter cap from 35 to 28.
Worse, the legislation would RESCIND the just-approved De La Comunidad Bilingual School, the state’s first K-12 school serving Black and Hispanic children who are multilingual.
Parents’ demand for public charters makes Rhode Island lawmakers’ hostility towards them baffling.
Senate Minority Leader Jessica de la Cruz has called the charter school movement “the CIVIL RIGHTS issue of our time.”
Governor McKee has already shown he understands the stakes.
His decision on the charter school BAN will now offer a clear test of his character.
Will the governor CAVE to
#union pressure, or
**will he keep his promise to Rhode Island voters?**
(All NAMES of minors have been CHANGED to protect their privacy)
By Daniel Idfresne
Published June 12, 2026
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