Deb Lewis

***. So on that note, I guess I'm not
completely free to totally unschool as I'll need to show proof.***

Ren, one of the list owners used to live in Florida. When she gets a minute
she might have some info for you. There is also a page of contact info at
Sandra Dodd's web site, here: http://sandradodd.com/local
Scroll down a bit and you'll find links for Florida unschooling groups.

Don't let fear interpret the law for you. There are hundreds of families
unschooling in Florida. If they can do it, you can do it.

Deb Lewis

Vickisue Gray

Thanks!

Deb Lewis <d.lewis@...> wrote: ***. So on that note, I guess I'm not
completely free to totally unschool as I'll need to show proof.***

Ren, one of the list owners used to live in Florida. When she gets a minute
she might have some info for you. There is also a page of contact info at
Sandra Dodd's web site, here: http://sandradodd.com/local
Scroll down a bit and you'll find links for Florida unschooling groups.

Don't let fear interpret the law for you. There are hundreds of families
unschooling in Florida. If they can do it, you can do it.

Deb Lewis






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Michelle Leifur Reid

On 10/8/06, Deb Lewis <d.lewis@...> wrote:
> ***. So on that note, I guess I'm not
> completely free to totally unschool as I'll need to show proof.***
>
> Ren, one of the list owners used to live in Florida. When she gets a minute
> she might have some info for you. There is also a page of contact info at
> Sandra Dodd's web site, here: http://sandradodd.com/local
> Scroll down a bit and you'll find links for Florida unschooling groups.
>

I'm in Florida and freely unschool. Florida has a little used
homeschool clause that allows parents to "enroll" their children in a
"private" school (called 600 schools) which act as an umbrella. Under
the umbrella school I use I only need to turn in our "attendance"
every year. That's it. I'm not required to test nor to have my
children's work evaluated each year. The only downside that I have
seen to this is that my children are not *technically* homeschooling -
they are registered at a private school (roll eyes!) so they cannot
participate in extracurricular activities (football or band) through
the school system nor take individual classes (say a language or arts
class). This is total bogus because our being in a "private school"
does nothing one way or another to impact the financial structure of
the county school system. It's just a way of punishing the students
who have a particular interest because their parents chose to
homeschool them using an alternative form.

Michelle - radically unschooling in NW Florida