CHARTER SCHOOL RALLY--Margie Mederer, of Loraine County, applauds as she joins hundreds at a rally at the Ohio Statehouse to protest the state's proposed budget bill, that would cut funding to charter schools, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Ms. Mederer's son Brandon is a student at the Ohio Virtual Academy. The rally was sponsored by the Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)