Woman abandons home to escape public schools

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | December 20, 2007 | Bob Unruh

[Man50D]

A Utah woman who was ordered by a juvenile court judge to enroll her children in public school or lose custody of them has abandoned her home, furniture and other possessions to escape the order.

Denise Mafi, a nine-year veteran of homeschooling, has confirmed to WND she and her children packed up their essentials – clothes and homeschool materials – and fled Utah over the weekend, spending more than 50 hours on a bus trip to another undisclosed part of the country.

There she has obtained an empty home, and is spending the Christmas break trying to find beds for her children and herself, and after the New Year, will involve the children in a local homeschooling process.

"We're shampooing carpets right now. We have no furniture. We have no beds," she said. "But my kids are not going to public school. They are not going where Jesus isn't welcome."

Her home, furniture and other possessions left behind in Utah? "I'm not going back unless the judge removes the threat of arrest," she said. "I'll fight for the cause but I'm not going to be a martyr."

The case erupted for Mafi because of an apparent paperwork glitch that could very well be the fault of her local school district. Now Utah home school officials say they have asked the state Legislature to review actions by the judge, whose office has declined comment to WND.

[JayAr36]

Only they can clean their house and it certainly needs cleaning. If there are decent lawyers and judges out there then I would say, “Clean your house.” Whining about the fact that a small percentage are honest and actually law abiding will not change public opinion. I cite as examples, Sutton, Nifong, Fitzpatrick to name but a few.

[swain_forkbeard]

In this case, the home environment may or may not be the healthiest. I don’t know. But I do know I have a problem with the “state’s compulsory education requirement.”

[AntiKev]

"Children, what do you know about the Fuhrer."

That's the meaning anyway. I could go into the intricate details about German grammar but I won't. Most Germans say it makes their heads hurt. Us Auslanders don't stand a chance. I still get lost sometimes over which case is the proper case, but it's something you get used to when speaking the language.

[stefanbatory]

Children, what do you know about the Fuehrer?

that is what it means in English...I apologise, the second person plural form of verbs in German is not exactly the one I recall the best. Especially after I learned Polish...

[tutstar]

gnip...

[Former Proud Canadian]

Thanks