Myths about Tassajara Prep

AFFORDABILITY

1. There is no available land; vacant office space is too expensive; and sufficient funding to build a state-of-the-art high school will not be available. Much of our city under the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan has yet to be built out. Hundreds of acres in available land form blank canvases that hold limitless possibilities. The recent economic recession and real estate slump have provided an opportunity to buy land and lease office space for a fraction of the prices from a few years ago. Tassajara Prep will have the option to accept a Proposition 39 facility from DUSD or lease commercial office space at an affordable rate, while we work to get the permanent facility built.
2. We already spent a lot of money renovating Dublin High School. With the state budget the way it is, why are we “putting a down payment on another house when we have plenty of room in our current home?” All Dublin parents deserve to have a choice in where they send their high school age students. Tassajara Prep will provide parents another public high school option with a rigorous curriculum, a unique learning environment, and educational opportunities that are markedly different from what Dublin High School offers. Tassajara Prep will apply innovative teaching methods and best practices that have been extremely successful in schools with small, tightly-knit learning communities, as we prepare our students for success in college and beyond.
3. Because charter schools get less funding than traditional public schools, Tassajara Prep will not be able to operate without tremendous monetary donations and hefty volunteer hours from parents. Tassajara Prep will be able to fulfill its mission as stated in our charter petition on State funding alone. Monetary donations and volunteer hours from parents will supplement enrichment programs, but they will not be required. In other words, Tassajara Prep will not be any more reliant on parents than any traditional public school.