The officer and administrator showed up unannounced to ask why Penne's son had not been in school. She responded she informed them a while back that he would not be returning and was being homeschooled.
Willis claimed the school has always sent an email and letter before resorting to an unannounced visit, so Penne was shocked to receive this call.
This is why anyone homeschooling should spend the $100 to join the HSLDA...if you call them in panic, their lawyers will speak directly to the educational Stasi at your doorstep.
I bought a lifetime membership to the HSLDA for $1000 to protect our homeschool.
“Laurel parents claim bullying is ‘out of control,’ resort to homeschooling children”
These articles MAKE ME LAUGH as I cannot believe that the parents weren’t warned by friends and relatives about the public schools, but instead chose to grab the ‘free education’.
Like many here, they likely rationalized their decision to use the ‘free education’ due to not being able to afford* homeschooling, but funny how they managed to somehow ‘find’ the money for it, after being left with no choice. So, was it an inheritance that just arrived for them, or perhaps they robbed a bank or stole an ATM? Whatever happened, somehow they can now afford homeschooling.
*afford, in this case, means both a parent staying home and buying the needed educational materials.
There are a couple of groups around here raising money to fight “bullying”, using Hr High and HS kids as props.
Anti-bullying chants nowadays are uniformly about “protecting” gay and trans kids - in short, the groomed.
In reality the only bullying that’s allowed is against perfectly normal kids and their families.
It’s a backwards world in too many ways.
And yes, homeschool your kids and grandkids and join HSLDF.
The entire community could home or private school their kids, and there could be one student left, but they’ll still push a tax levy to pay for new buildings and to keep all the teachers on the payroll, because taxes the only real raison d’etre of public schools, and appeasing teachers unions
Body cams could provide a solution. In the event of any bullying the father could conduct a one-on-one consultation with the offending student’s father (or mother). Some fathers might want to hire an off-duty LEO to go along as a “witness”.
My best friend has mixed race grandkids. They are picked on for being mixed race. A teacher told one of the boys to "Sit your monkey a** down". He responded "Ok, bamboo butt". He's suspended.
His sister was using her cellphone to video him when a kid came up behind, hit him in the head and knocked him down. He got up, chased the kid and knocked him down. Suspended. Mom took the video to the school board and their response was that she wasn't to be using her cell at school. They threatened to suspend her. They are actively trying to keep the middle school girl out of school permanently for defending herself against a girl AND her Mother. Both parents work, they have to, they need the income so I don't know what the answer is.
Yes!
Thankfully, Texas is a homeschool-friendly state.
I pulled my kids for two years.
All my kids were bullied. I raised my children with 1950s manners, instead of being 2010 hellions.
My youngest was bullied terribly. He has Asbergers. Kids are cruel. I put him in a school with a strong Asbergers program. When he was attacked in 2020, the school did not look the other way. They immediately pulled the video, got witness statements, the kid was suspended, and the resource officer gave me instructions on how to formally press charges and have this kid arrested.
I told the resource officer to let his family know that if there was any retaliation against my son by him or anyone who knew him, I would drag his parents through civil and criminal court, that I had the time, money, and will to make their lives a living legal hell, and showed them that I had several lawyers on speed-dial (I do). I did not scream, shout, or get hysterical. I was reserved and calm the whole time, and finished with a smile. It was the smile that threw them.
Yes, I was relishing the fight. Destroying these people who raised a bully was going to be fun.
That boy and his friends never bothered my son again.
Parents of bullied children need to threaten the parents and the school. Go directly to the police (don’t dial 911, go to the station) if the school is not addressing the issue. If the police try to push you back to the school, make it clear that the resource officer at the school has failed to perform and you expect the law to be upheld. Get the name and rank (including badge number or business card of the person you spoke to at the police department). Document, document, document! Lawyer up and spend the money to have the attorney send a vicious, threatening letter to the school, the district, the officers you reported it to (both on and off campus) and file a case against the bully’s parents. If necessary, refuse to have your child return to school, citing an unsafe learning environment (check with your attorney). Each day your child is out, they lose money. Network with other parents. Protest the school.
Fight for your child. Use every weapon in your arsenal. Go to the media. Go to the police. Make them fear you. Do not send your child into a war zone and then boo hoo when they get hurt. They are your flesh and blood, a gift from God. Protect them. If the school is not on your side they are the enemy. Treat them as such.
True. Most kids don't know what the word means. It's a word boys use to humiliate the bullied boy. It doesn't mean the boy is "gay." Sadly, some young boys have committed suicide. Then, the activists hold them up as examples of "gay" children being bullied to death, so adults label the boy after death with the very word the bullies used to taunt the boy.
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What the heck is she waiting for? She’s subjecting her kids to this every day and still hasn’t decided to pull them for good.
All parents should be strongly encouraged to remove their children from the government indoctrination centers and either enroll them in a private school that concentrates on the 3 r’s, and discipline or home school them.
This serves two purposes. First, as the GICs loose students, their taxpayer supported handouts from the gvt decrease and second, your kids get the quality education they deserve.