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You aren't too far out in the boonies to have problems at the school. I went to high school like that and we had a nutty English teacher who showed us pictures of homosexuals engaged in sex acts and asked what we thought of that. There are no boonies when it comes to bad curriculum. The state picks the curriculum and the local school picks from among the state selections. Which none represent the parents' beliefs.

If you can't homeschool, that's fine. Do what you can, but it isn't possible to be safe from bad curriculum unless you homeschool or go to a religious private school who hopefully picks good curriculum.

The teachers who teach in the boonies went to college where???? Not out in the boonies. At some leftist humanistic university.

I know we still could have problems. So far the kids are just in 4th and 6th grade. Again, I know that doesn't prevent weird teachers. But mr.h and I went to high-school with several of the teachers they've had so far, and I know several others who are Christians.

I do pay close attention to what they're doing. And mr.h and I talk to them about values issues often.

Now, next year when our son goes into jr. high, things could get touchy. I'm going to find out the curriculum and if they insist teaching about birth control, I will insist on teaching about abstinence. One of the home-ec teachers has actually had two children out of wedlock--different dads. Great example, huh? She's currently teaching at one of the other schools in our little consolidated group.

There are several parochial schools in a town about 25 miles away, and we are open to taking our kids there if need be. Unfortunately, as my dad (who taught in a Lutheran school for many years) pointed out, even those schools are only as good as the teachers there. But you do have a MUCH better chance of having a conservative curriculum.