Needless to say, I'm going to be going over every newspaper for the next month or two with a fine-tooth comb.
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Homeschoolers' Names are Published in our Local Newspaper ... Huh?
I just found out from several other area homeschoolers that after you file your "notice of intent to homeschool" with our local school district, and after the school board meets to discuss and approve our "homeschool request" (huh? I'm not requesting anything), you can find a public notice of approval to homeschool in our local NEWSPAPER complete with our names and addresses.
Needless to say, I'm going to be going over every newspaper for the next month or two with a fine-tooth comb.
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Needless to say, I'm going to be going over every newspaper for the next month or two with a fine-tooth comb.
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It is always interesting to me to read about homeschool laws in other states. Hope your "request" is approved!
ReplyDeleteWOW! It amazes me some of the laws and how things work.
ReplyDeleteIt's not the section of the law that I file under. We have several homeschooling "options" here in WV. The option I file under is only a "notice of intent" and then I have to later submit a portfolio or standardized test results. No where under the law does it say this is public information and should be furnished to the newspaper for publication.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the point of that? Is it because it is part of the minutes of the school board meeting? Can you go before the school board or write on your request not to have it published? Dang, I am irritated and I don't live there! Also I love your whole blog and your style of writing, it is so converstational, like I sitting right there listening you tell about your day. And when I was a kid I had a German Shepard named Heidi too!
ReplyDeleteGosh, this seems really unsafe. They are advertising the fact that you are home with children with your name and address. I'm surprised HSLDA hasn't jumped all over that state law. Seems like a major breech of privacy to me.
ReplyDeleteI would think that with all the new "privacy laws" this practice would be ended. Providing the addresses of school age children to potential predators by publishing them in a newspaper is a bad policy.
ReplyDeleteis it part of the state law?? The same thing happens in my hubby's hometown (you fill out your intent, the school board processes it as a request, and it ends up in the school board minutes in the local paper), but here in Colorado, you can send your intent to homeschool notice to ANY school district...I am assuming that larger city districts wouldn't bother to have it come up with the school board other than that they were received, and wouldn't be in the paper...We're still several years from being required to fill out our intent, so I may look more into this in the future.
ReplyDeleteThat's some busy public school system you've got. The first thing that made me think of is how sex offenders have to register so neighborhoods know when they are moving in. They shouldn't be allowed to do that without your permission.
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed when my school district acknowledges that they received my letter of intent or the quarterlies. I guess every state doesn't follow its regulations in its own way!
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Cristina