Mr. Ken Kilpatrick

Although an increase in cyber charter enrollment can lead to a decrease in general public school enrollment, Ken Kilpatrick, of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools, said cyber charters are meant to provide options for, rather than to replace, traditional public schools. "We constantly hear districts say kids are being pulled from them," Mr. Kilpatrick said.

Ken Kilpatrick, a public relations adviser for PCCS, stopped short of saying the coalition backed Swann, but said they had worked hard to schedule the event.