This thread has been really good for getting past the sensationalism to the facts. It seems that the students, even when schooled at home, could benefit from cooperation. Waltham must have a lot of programs in sports and in the arts that the students would have access to. They could be taking courses the parents can't provide.
I'll defend the home-school concept, even though I've seen situations where maybe the students were missing some things. But using two teenagers to carry out an agenda? No way is that acceptable.
What agenda? The agenda of sovereignty over one's own children?