Well, they can make them, but I assure you these particular promises will be broken:
1. If you elect me, I will close the charter schools and return the students to (insert name of school district.)
Perhaps I lack creativity, but I cannot find anywhere in the state code/laws/regs that allow traditional school board members the legal authority to strip away the operating rights of charter schools. Anybody have any ideas?
2. If you elect me, I will shut-down those vocational schools that steal our kids.
Again, traditional school board members have no authority over vocational schools.
3. If you elect me, I will take that Taj Mahal of charter school back from insert name of charter school.
This is a particularly difficult promise to keep if insert name of district never owned insert name of charter school.
4. I can teach your CFO a thing or two about School Finance as I am the statewide expert. Just elect me.
Really? If you know more than the CFO, perhaps you should be applying for his job instead of pandering to a decidedly anti-charter audience.
5. I will make insert name of post-secondary institution pay property and school taxes.
And this one, this is just bullshit.
Reality Orientation, anyone?
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