frances faber

Valerie,
Aren't you in Louisiana like I am? The law says that even in public schools
the children only are required to go from age7 to age17. I wonder why they
made you register so early. If that is the case, I will have to register
early too. Thanks for the warning.
Frances


>From: "Valerie" <valfitz@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: My 21-year old daughter was unschooled
>all of h...
>Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 04:53:54 -0000
>
>I registered as a private school because we received a warning of
>truancy note from the school board. Laurie was FIVE years old! I was
>appalled. I have no idea how they got our name.
>
>Valerie
>
>
>--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., lite2yu@a... wrote:
> > In a message dated 5/1/2001 12:36:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > crma@i... writes:
> >
> >
> > > Valerie wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Did most of you register your homes as private schools so that
>you
> > > > wouldn't have to deal with school boards?
> > >
> >
> >
> > In Louisiana, we did end up registering as a private school after
>just not
> > doing anything for awhile (then my father turned me in to the
>school board).
> > Since moving here to PA. I have done nothing so far, which is my
>inclination
> > anyway, wherever I am. If I am pushed here, I will probably
>register with one
> > of the independent schools that deals with the school board for you.
> >
> >
> > lovemary
> > If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at
>yourself, and then
> > make a change.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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Valerie

Hi Frances,

I was in Louisiana at the time...and was taken by surprise on the
registration. I was told by others there that it wasn't necessary
until age seven. No clue why I was singled out. It's no big deal if
you don't register until they tell you. I'd wait if I were you...just
my opinion. You are aware that you can register as a private school
and not have to tell the schoolboard anything you are doing? All we
did was make up a school name and send in a single sheet of paper (we
made a letterhead on the computer) with the following:

name of school
address of school
principal's name (me)
teacher's name (me)
number of students...one

that was IT! Once a year I sent that in and said that we were a
private school. No questions about curriculum, who the child was, or
anything else were ever asked. It's MUCH easier than sending them
examples of the child's work each year. They don't have time to read
it anyway.

Where in Louisiana are you? I was in Lake Charles/Sulphur.

love, Valerie


--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "frances faber"
<different__drummer2@h...> wrote:
> Valerie,
> Aren't you in Louisiana like I am? The law says that even in public
schools
> the children only are required to go from age7 to age17. I wonder
why they
> made you register so early. If that is the case, I will have to
register
> early too. Thanks for the warning.
> Frances
>

frances faber

Hi Valerie,
I'm getting together with an unschooling group here and that is what I've
been told, too. It seems so much easier than any other way! We're already
thinking of names for our 'school', perhaps Faber Academy.
We are in between Slidell and Covington.
Frances


>From: "Valerie" <valfitz@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: My 21-year old daughter was unschooled
>all of h...
>Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 04:29:40 -0000
>
>Hi Frances,
>
>I was in Louisiana at the time...and was taken by surprise on the
>registration. I was told by others there that it wasn't necessary
>until age seven. No clue why I was singled out. It's no big deal if
>you don't register until they tell you. I'd wait if I were you...just
>my opinion. You are aware that you can register as a private school
>and not have to tell the schoolboard anything you are doing? All we
>did was make up a school name and send in a single sheet of paper (we
>made a letterhead on the computer) with the following:
>
>name of school
>address of school
>principal's name (me)
>teacher's name (me)
>number of students...one
>
>that was IT! Once a year I sent that in and said that we were a
>private school. No questions about curriculum, who the child was, or
>anything else were ever asked. It's MUCH easier than sending them
>examples of the child's work each year. They don't have time to read
>it anyway.
>
>Where in Louisiana are you? I was in Lake Charles/Sulphur.
>
>love, Valerie
>
>
>--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "frances faber"
><different__drummer2@h...> wrote:
> > Valerie,
> > Aren't you in Louisiana like I am? The law says that even in public
>schools
> > the children only are required to go from age7 to age17. I wonder
>why they
> > made you register so early. If that is the case, I will have to
>register
> > early too. Thanks for the warning.
> > Frances
> >
>
>

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Kendra

All this talk of Louisiana has made me homesick ! :) I grew up in Slidell,
and after moving quite a bit in the last 10 years, we've ended up in
Birmingham, AL. Close to home but not quite close enough! *sigh* We cant
wait for june vacation mainly because we're heading home! Any idea when the
Lacombe Crab Fest Weekend is ? <G>

:)
kendra
(missing the smell of bayous and swampland)

-----Original Message-----
From: frances faber [mailto:different__drummer2@...]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: My 21-year old daughter was
unschooled all of h...


Hi Valerie,
I'm getting together with an unschooling group here and that is what I've
been told, too. It seems so much easier than any other way! We're already
thinking of names for our 'school', perhaps Faber Academy.
We are in between Slidell and Covington.
Frances


>From: "Valerie" <valfitz@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: My 21-year old daughter was unschooled
>all of h...
>Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 04:29:40 -0000
>
>Hi Frances,
>
>I was in Louisiana at the time...and was taken by surprise on the
>registration. I was told by others there that it wasn't necessary
>until age seven. No clue why I was singled out. It's no big deal if
>you don't register until they tell you. I'd wait if I were you...just
>my opinion. You are aware that you can register as a private school
>and not have to tell the schoolboard anything you are doing? All we
>did was make up a school name and send in a single sheet of paper (we
>made a letterhead on the computer) with the following:
>
>name of school
>address of school
>principal's name (me)
>teacher's name (me)
>number of students...one
>
>that was IT! Once a year I sent that in and said that we were a
>private school. No questions about curriculum, who the child was, or
>anything else were ever asked. It's MUCH easier than sending them
>examples of the child's work each year. They don't have time to read
>it anyway.
>
>Where in Louisiana are you? I was in Lake Charles/Sulphur.
>
>love, Valerie
>
>
>--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "frances faber"
><different__drummer2@h...> wrote:
> > Valerie,
> > Aren't you in Louisiana like I am? The law says that even in public
>schools
> > the children only are required to go from age7 to age17. I wonder
>why they
> > made you register so early. If that is the case, I will have to
>register
> > early too. Thanks for the warning.
> > Frances
> >
>
>

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Valerie

Hi Frances,

That is so wonderful that there are unschooling groups now. I would
have loved knowing there was another family 20 years ago. Just to
know you weren't alone. The only homeschoolers I could find were
homeschooling for religious reasons. I was still the black sheep even
with homeschoolers. "our" school was Holt-Neill High. Laurie decided
on that name. :-)

love, Valerie


--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "frances faber"
<different__drummer2@h...> wrote:
> Hi Valerie,
> I'm getting together with an unschooling group here and that is
what I've
> been told, too. It seems so much easier than any other way! We're
already
> thinking of names for our 'school', perhaps Faber Academy.
> We are in between Slidell and Covington.
> Frances
>
>

Valerie

Hi Kendra,

Have a great time when you go home. :-) I moved 2600 miles north to
Canada and to be honest, I only miss Laurie. But she'll be here
Monday night! I did fake the bayou smell by cleaning the 'seaweed'
out of the pond here. I used it as mulch on the organic garden. Made
me think of a crawfish boil.

love, Valerie


--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Kendra" <sweety9@b...> wrote:
> All this talk of Louisiana has made me homesick ! :) I grew up in
Slidell,
> and after moving quite a bit in the last 10 years, we've ended up in
> Birmingham, AL. Close to home but not quite close enough! *sigh* We
cant
> wait for june vacation mainly because we're heading home! Any idea
when the
> Lacombe Crab Fest Weekend is ? <G>
>
> :)
> kendra
> (missing the smell of bayous and swampland)
>