Do you belong to any homeschoolers group that provides ID cards? We belong to a Resource Group which arranges field trips, discounts to museum memberships etc. for its members. We got a membership card from them and used it to get discount cards at Borders, etc.
We sent in our letter of intent to homeschool by certified mail with return receipt requested. It is a good thing we did, because we never heard from the School Dept. and that was the only proof we had that they even knew about us. That's all right; the less I hear from them, the better! I'm fixing to send in our letter for this year. I'm hoping the same thing will happen as last year!
I was in Borders bookstore a few months back and asked about an educator discount. They refused to issue me one as I did not have proof. I explained our hs laws but that was no help. I then wrote to their corporate office. Borders has a policy that says one must show proof. It can be a publication with one's name/address or a card from a homeschool organization. On the other hand, Barnes and Noble was much friendlier to deal with.