Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker walked Woodrow Avenue just as schools let out Tuesday, asking Dorchester parents to vote for Question 2, after an ad aired displaying Baker's support for more charter schools."Imagine if your kids were trapped in a failing school - charter schools give parents a choice," Baker said in the Question 2 ad.Dawn Foye is one of those parents. She has a 7 year old son. "I didn't do too well with the school that was assigned to him. He was in a traditional school," Foye said. "We had a lot of challenges with him academically. And I wanted something better for him."Foye said her son is now in a charter school and it's been a 180-degree turnaround. But the money for each students follows them from the public district school, where officials say they're already facing a financial disaster."We just lost $245,000 last year alone and next year, using state data, public schools across the commonwealth of Massachusetts are expected to lose $450 million," Sean Costello, Marshfield Schools Committee Chairman said.The state hasn't kept up with its promise to reimburse schools losing money to charters. Baker said he's happy to revisit those funding issues but right now, some families, most of them in nine cities, can't wait."If you're a parent here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you get up every day and you send your kids to a school that you know isn't getting the job done for them," Baker said. "You sit on a waiting list for several years, watching your kid go through second, third fourth, fifth, sixth seventh grade, how does it make you feel?""The state continues to underfund public education and this is a punitive message by the Yes on 2 folks against public schools across the state of Massachusetts," Tito Jackson, Boston City Councilor, said.Get the WCVB News App