Re: [Unschooling-Discussion] Registering with the District
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In a message dated 8-27-2003 2:12:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
ecsamhill@... writes:
cool, completely entertained by my kids and very helpful. We got the books for
first grade (to appease them, not to use in the manner intended <g>) and the
woman gave Hayden the kindergarten handwriting workbook. He's the writer, so
he was very excited!
Last year, the *late* registrants were pressured about putting their kids in
school until the next schoolboard meeting. Luckily, my kids are vaccine-free
so they don't want them there anyway <bg> (I'm in Rapid City, SD ~ btw)
I decided to go ahead and register her because we are required to volunteer
as part of receiving HUD money for housing ~ if the kid is registered, my
homeschooling counts as volunteer hours!
Thanks for the warning, I'll let ya know how things develop from here :)
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
"Education- compulsory schooling, compulsory learning- is a tyranny and a
crime against the human mind and spirit. Let all those escape it who can, any
way they can." John Holt
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ecsamhill@... writes:
> I don't want to be too alarmist or too pessimistic, but it is myI've heard stories ~ aarrgghh ~ but today was a joy! The woman was totally
> perception that school districts overall seem more inclined to pick on
> single moms than on anyone else.
>
cool, completely entertained by my kids and very helpful. We got the books for
first grade (to appease them, not to use in the manner intended <g>) and the
woman gave Hayden the kindergarten handwriting workbook. He's the writer, so
he was very excited!
Last year, the *late* registrants were pressured about putting their kids in
school until the next schoolboard meeting. Luckily, my kids are vaccine-free
so they don't want them there anyway <bg> (I'm in Rapid City, SD ~ btw)
I decided to go ahead and register her because we are required to volunteer
as part of receiving HUD money for housing ~ if the kid is registered, my
homeschooling counts as volunteer hours!
Thanks for the warning, I'll let ya know how things develop from here :)
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
"Education- compulsory schooling, compulsory learning- is a tyranny and a
crime against the human mind and spirit. Let all those escape it who can, any
way they can." John Holt
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Betsy
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I've heard stories ~ aarrgghh ~ but today was a joy! The woman was totally
cool, completely entertained by my kids and very helpful.**
Good. I didn't mean that I thought the school district would chose to
be rude to you because of your marital status, just that I was extra
nervous for you when you said you were tempted to stay underground.
I think it's a form of classic bully behavior that leads some school
administrators to prefer to pick on poor families and single-parent
families. (Like a predator looking for the slowest gazelle.) But I
think we're all stronger if we have a big "herd" of homeschoolers around
us to scare them away. Being connected to each other on the internet is
a great way for all of us to increase our perceived "size" and power.
Betsy
I've heard stories ~ aarrgghh ~ but today was a joy! The woman was totally
cool, completely entertained by my kids and very helpful.**
Good. I didn't mean that I thought the school district would chose to
be rude to you because of your marital status, just that I was extra
nervous for you when you said you were tempted to stay underground.
I think it's a form of classic bully behavior that leads some school
administrators to prefer to pick on poor families and single-parent
families. (Like a predator looking for the slowest gazelle.) But I
think we're all stronger if we have a big "herd" of homeschoolers around
us to scare them away. Being connected to each other on the internet is
a great way for all of us to increase our perceived "size" and power.
Betsy