In this thirty-second News Tribune video, Tacoma mother Roquesia Williams calmly explains why she sought a charter school for her children, Gesiah, age 6, Geharii, age 11, Genai, age 14:

Ms. Williams voted for the charter school initiative in 2012 because she wanted to have a charter school choice for her children.

As the Tacoma News Tribune reports, Ms. Williams is not the only parent in Tacoma who feels this way. All three charter schools in Tacoma have waiting lists: SOAR Academy, Destiny Charter Middle School, and Summit Olympus High School.     

It is “game time” for charter schools in Washington state. Eight new charter schools will soon open their doors to students in Seattle, Spokane, Kent, Highline and Tacoma. Their school leaders record the excitement of this historic moment here, in this four-minute video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE7AmaJhW8E.

This report is part of WPC’s charter school follow-up project