The experience in Arizona has not been the same as in Ohio, Bald Eagle. Public school people aren't particularly happy with them, but the Charter School students and their parents seem to be. Some of them specialize in particular subjects. One of the outstanding ones is the School for the Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona. The students have done well academically and they have produced some outstanding students of music, dance, visual arts and theater.

On the annual SAT tests, some of the Charter school students have done considerably better than those in some of the public schools.

The first few years some of them experienced financial problems and some went "under," but by and large, I think they have been very successful.

DougR