Charter School
* “A School From Scratch” (Jan. 6), about the Watts Learning Center, correctly pointed out how difficult it is to start up a charter school. Among other things, the Watts school has not been given state resources for facilities, and it has been deprived of federal funds.
In spite of these difficulties, the Watts Learning Center has produced outstanding results. For example, the reading scores of our students last year jumped to the 82nd percentile nationally, up from the 40th percentile in pretests. These are the sorts of results that charter schools promise. Imagine what they could do if the state would give them fair treatment financially.
JIM BLEW, Secretary
Watts Learning Center Board
Los Angeles
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