BY MELISSA HAYES, STAFF WRITER
The Record
TEANECK — Chanting “We want a say in what we pay,” about 20 people protested a proposed virtual charter school outside the National Guard Armory while Governor Christie held a news conference inside.
Board of Education Vice President Gervonn Rice said she hoped to lobby the governor about reforming charter school legislation to allow voters in local districts to weigh in on the creation of charter schools and to ensure that they are held to the same standards as traditional public schools.
“It should be the same level of accountability,” Rice said.
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