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Letters: Neglected garden needs friendsRoanoke TimesRoanoke County Supervisor Al Bedrosian has often advocated for homeschooling. As a homeschool graduate, I trust he — and others like him — will not dismiss me out of hand. Bedrosian told … Word “freedom.” A quick look at Webster's can set him straight.
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How to Make a Homeschool Master Workbook
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Well, if i want to start unschooling, i need help.
What am i supposed to do? What do i file for? Because this is like homeschooling but a little different, how does it work? I live in california, what am i supposed to get? I've seen the website that tells you how you can homeschool, but i don't understand. Do i still do the same thing? What process would i go through for unschooling? Or do i just get out of the school and stay home? Because i'd get in trouble with the law if i did that..what do i file for?
Do they require like yearly tests or examinations or evaluations or something to make sure i'm not just being lazy? Who does these things?
How do you adapt to it
OH do my parents need to be certified.
Unschooling is just a type, or method, of learning used in homeschooling, you are still considered a homeschooler, so you have to follow your state rules for homeschoolers. If you look at the state laws here: Http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/Calif…
you will see what your options are to get started. From that quick summary of the law, it looks like your best option is to file an affidavit as a private school. The only requirement seems to be to keep an attendance log. Probably your best bet would be to find a local support group and ask them for help. Check this link for a list of groups in CA: Http://www.homeedmag.com/groups/californ…
Unschooling is, essentially, following your own interests, learning what you want to learn vs following a curriculum. The only thing you need to get started is find your interest(s) and start learning about them. A good dose of self-motivation is helpful, too.
Regardless of whether or not school has started, you can still homeschool.All you need to do is submit what is called an NOI or Notice of Intent to the local School Board in your district.
Relax,The NOI is simply a letter informing the School Board that you are removing your child from the system and providing her with home education and that you are going to be her teacher.
All you need to put in the notice is the following:
Child's Name:
Parent's Name:
Child's Date of Birth: (this is so they have to proper age on file and can tabulate her grade level)
Current Address & Contact Phone & Contact Email** the email is simply a quicker way of getting in touch these days and you don't HAVE to provide one** ( all of this is so that you don't face problems from other counties or districts. If you move you have to let them know in case the boundry lines change or you leave the district all together and their records are kept up to date)
Date you are or have withdrawn the child from her school & the date when you will be starting her homeschooling (there should be as little time between the 2 as possible to avoid truancy issues which Florida is notorious for slapping parents with) (( if you withdraw her from school on friday either before the school day starts or let her finish out the week/day then you can simply put her withdrawal date as that day and her start date as either that Mon or Tue)).
Now here is the kicker……..If you let her finish out her school week then you can go down to the School Board while she is in school and deal with the paperwork without her underfoot and inform them that she is simply finishing out her week/day. If you wait until you actually withdraw her, you need to get the paperwork in as quick as possible, meaning that you should only have a few days between school withdrawal/homeschool start. While it states that you have 30 days with which to inform the School Board of starting to homeschool, the chances of someone getting their panties in a twist and throwing a truancy charge your way is not completely out of the question ( Florida is famous for not knowing what the left hand is doing while the right hand is doing something entirely different, thus leaving the head to worry about what the feet look like—in otherwords noone knows what anyonelse is doing regardless if they are in the same line of work let alone the same building.)
I know this because up until 3 yrs ago I homeschooled my daughter in that state and had nothing but grief the entire time and when I moved I GAVE them all her info PLUS our new address PLUS had the School Board here in VA contact them and they still had the nerve 3 yrs later to send me a letter threatening me with Truancy charges because we hadn't shown up for her yearly evaluation AGAIN and she was STILL on the roster for school in Orange Co.
That is something else you get to look forward to by homeschooling in Fl is the yearly EVALUATION that you BOTH have to attend every year with a 10 day written notice from them. You have to show up at a time that is convientent for THEM and bring the majority of the work she has done for the yr (this is called a PORTFOLIO) as well as an Evaluation form filled out by a currently-employed CERTIFIED Teacher (you have to pay this from your pocket) and THEY decide if she is learning properly and what she needs & at the level equal to her grade.
If they think or feel that everything is fine and dandy, you are sent on your way with a 'See you next time/year' OR if they feel her education is 'lacking' they will give you a set amount of time to fix it and for her to show or prove that she doesn't need to be sent BACK to Public School. Should they deem it needed to put her back into the system (and they won't ask your permission believe me), you will be banned from homeschooling her in the state for a min of 2 yrs and then you will be highly supervised after that.
I'm not trying to scare you or make you think twice about what you want to do, but when it comes to Florida I would be feeding you to the wolves if I didn't give you a heads up. Florida is not known to 'play nice' with anyone especially homeschoolers and they will wait until AFTER things are done before they tell you and then play stupid 'Oh we didn't TELL you ? So sorry I guess we forgot, well your loss not ours.' Also when you go to withdraw your daughter, the people in the Office of her school will try to sell you on the whole ' You can't homeschool her' bs (my friend actually got told that she couldn't homeschool because SHE was both spanish & stupid **we laughed because the woman holds a MASTER's in CLINICAL PYSCH ) and will tell you it is against the law to homeschool. For the record just because they WORK in the school system doesn't mean they know JACK and the school's get $$$ for every child that is registered & even more $$$ if that child needs special services.
So my mom took me out of school months ago basically "homeschool" except i haven't learned anything sh hasnt even tried teaching me anything is there a way i can go back to school without getting held back pleas help and dont be rude….
I don't know your situation, age, or family. But it sounds like you want to learn. Why not start educating yourself? Yes I'm serious. Hop online and look up homeschool or other educational resources. There are lots of math tutorials, science lessons, history courses, and writing projects. Take initiative and lay out a basic framework of what you want to do.
For example, what kind of math were you doing previously? Look up instructional videos or lessons to continue with that. Same for other subjects.
What I'm basically saying is that you are responsible for you no matter if you're still living at home or out on your own. Always take the initiative educate yourself & always be improving. Maybe this will prompt your mom to take some action as well. Regardless, be respectful.
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