Even in NYC, which arguably has the most charter school-friendly leaders in the country, charter schools (and their students, teachers and administrators) can be treated like the uncle that nobody wanted to really invite to Christmas dinner.

NY Post's David Andreatta notes in an exclusive today that the city schools' multi-million dollar courier service doesn't deliver to charter schools. "Deluxe Does Not Deliver to Charter Schools," the big old stamp on a charter-bound student transcript states. (While we may not be able to agree on policies by which dollars follow students, there should be some agreement that transcripts follow students.)

The charter school waited six weeks for the basic transcripts, which were returned to the original school by the courier. The original school, which to its credit made sure the package was eventually sent to the charter school, had to pay $8 in postage to get it where it was supposed to go.

The Department of Education says the contract with the courier is being rewritten to include public charter schools. Meanwhile, the guy who runs the courier service tells Andreatta he thought charter schools were private schools - pretty much making him an average American!