“””So when she went to court with her juvenile son to have the charges dismissed (under a case held in abeyance procedure) stemming from a clash among children, she suddenly was presented with four counts against her for failing to comply with the state’s compulsory education requirement.”””
Sorry, but when juvenile deliquents get brought before a judge in juvenile court the first thing the judge does is look at their school attendance record (cause surprise surprise, they see a link between high absentee rate and deliquency).
So he finds they are “homeschooled” and the District can’t produce an affidavit from mom that states what her curriculum for the school year will be. So give them your copy mom.
There is a whole heck of a lot more to this story than what WND is spinning it as here. I think it should be noted that her oldest was in juvenile court, to which the judge ordered him to school. Mom instead took the kids and fleed. This isn’t about homeschooling anymore. Her son is going to be taken away, and could face juvenile detention.
What a mess.
Most homeschool programs are accepted if you can show "progress" .... if last year you learned common monomials .. amd this year you intend to teach Johnnie common binomials ... THAT'S progress .. and the curriculum is accepted.
We were evaluated by a (usually) church lady, sympathetic to homeschooling, and accredited by the gummint school system, every year and there was never a problem.
That's a nice little tidbit that somehow got left out of the story. It isn't quite the same story with this in it.
Bingo, you’ve got it. There’s obviously more to this than just a homeschooling issue.
If it’s really just a simple “paperwork issue” regarding her homeshooling documentation, then it shouldn’t take more than a few days to clear it up. It’s almost Christmas break, so the kiddies wouldn’t likely be in public school more than a few days. Hardly the end of the world.
So instead of staying and resolving the issue, she flees the state, abandons her home and contacts WND with her story?
The mom says she “doesn’t want to be a martyr”, but I bet she really likes the attention...
Fletcher J
Maybe the kid had steak for lunch and got caught cutting it.
“I think it should be noted that her oldest was in juvenile court, to which the judge ordered him to school.”
According to the blog cited by twinzmommy, http://principleddiscovery.com/ , the child in trouble is Ms. Mafi's nine year-old son with Aspergers’ Syndrome who hit a neighborhood girl and then was charged with assault.
Not sure, but this might not quite amount to a hill of beans.
Sounds like the judge is a totalitarian ass who will not receive in this life the punishment due him.
sitetest
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.”