As families wait for charter schools, leaders ask for more state funds

Charter school leaders said at a news conference Wednesday that the only way to lessen the number of students on the wait list is for the Texas Legislature to better fund charter schools so more could be opened in the Houston area. A map of where each student on the wait list lives shows where the demand is still the greatest: areas of Third Ward, Fifth Ward, the Near Northside up through Aldine, Sharpstown and Westchase.