Posted on 10/13/2019 2:52:31 PM PDT by Morgana
CLARKSBURG — The home-schooled student population in Harrison County has increased by hundreds over the last eight to 10 years, according to officials.
Because of all those students leaving the school system to be taught at home leaves, Harrison County has received less in state aid formula funding each year.
On Oct. 1, when the county submitted its enrollment total to the state Department of Education, the number of home-schooled children had reached 582, according to Harrison Schools Attendance Director Jim Kirby.
Over his 15 years as attendance director, Kirby said he’s seen the number of home-schooled students continue to rise. When he first started working in the county, the number of homeschooled children was approximately 180 to 200 and stayed fairly steady throughout the year, he said.
“As time has progressed, the number of homeschoolers across the state have skyrocketed,” Kirby said. “We have doubled or tripled our numbers, and after speaking with other attendance directors around the state, they are concerned with their county numbers increasing as well.”
Kirby said the increase in homeschool students has a direct effect on the services that school systems can provide their school system as their state aid formula decreases based on the number of students enrolled.
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So less taxpayer dollars, and the homeschooled probably receive a better education. It’s a win/win.
The only way this would be a problem is if they are overinflating the amount required per student.
So? Isn’t the truth that when those students leave the EXPENSE of teaching those students ends? We are always told that small classroom sizes are essential to good education.
Define “quality”...even If the assuming there was “quality”, with all the other nonsensical garbage, I still wouldn’t send my kids.
This story parallels the other ‘wither on the vine’ story in UN running out of cash
WOW!! awesome week in killing off commie programs
How dare you not get paid for services you aren’t rendering.
One remembers well what Margaret Thatcher said about socialism and other people’s money.
Up is down and black is white.
If this is a typical example of their thinking I can see
why the parents there chose to home school their children.
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