Don’t take funds from public schools

It is disingenuous to criticize public schools for underperformance when they are being starved of funding [“Fewer disabled students found in charter schools,” news, June 20]. Should we expect otherwise?

There is at best mixed evidence that charters are better than public schools, leaning toward no supporting evidence.

It would be far better if the well-heeled petition supporters gave their money directly to the cash-strapped public-school system where we would see an immediate positive effect. Why divert funds from public schools when they are already underfunded?

— Richard Feinbloom, M.D., Seattle