Bartlett and Bolton Area Education Forum Where: Bartlett Performing Arts Center http://www.bpacc.org/map.htm When: Monday October, 6 2003 - 6:30 pm Shelby...
The good news in the following article is that Dr. Hankins is apparently fine with the satellite/Jeter option. I'll remind folks that the man that ushered this...
The good news in the following article is that Dr. Hankins is apparently fine with the satellite/Jeter option. I'll remind folks that the man that ushered this...
From This morning’s City Paper in Nashville: http://nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&news_id=281 82 Fiddling with new lottery law on...
Also interesting in this new version of the SBOE rules is the addition of a category VI which is "International Schools Affiliated with a Tennessee Public...
After reading the article on the TSSAA lawsuit, I wondered if homeschoolers participate in other extracurricular activites, such as band or clubs, at their...
... What I don't get is WHY people would want to? I mean really.... if you are going to turn your back on the school for the stuff that s*cks then why should...
... you are going to turn your back on the school for the stuff that s*cks then why should you get anything that might be worth your time? ... Maddie, One...
... My husband and I totally disagree on this. He cries "discrimination and unfairness" I say we can't have everything in life. I don't come by that opinion...
In a message dated 11/29/2003 6:25:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... What concerns me about this issue is that if the public schools have a lot of homeschoolers...
... Hi Donna, Which Chattanooga group?... there are many... I happen to know since I organized one of these 7 years ago and it's still going strong. Maddie, ...
... i don't want to run back to the schools either, but my son wants to play football, and the only option for us in a brick and mortar school for high school....
... Yes, I think they'll use any door. Think about the hostility our kids would face if they go into the schools and get taunted and harassed by kids because...
... Linda, I'm not sure what other activities you're talking about. In Chattanooga, as far as I know, a homeschooler can't walk in the door of any gov't school...
... Right now I'm not in a group but we're hoping to start building on our lot in E Brainerd real soon. Then I'll probably go to the Ooltewah group. Right now...
I don't have any quotations to pull out to introduce this, but I think the only "solution" is to end government schools entirely. There are so many reasons...
Denise, Are you truly serious? While I am all for freedom, I cannot imagine anything less practical than ending public schools altogether. It would take an...
In a message dated 11/30/2003 1:23:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Actually, it would require nothing of the sort. From the information I read, the goal...
... anything less practical than ending public schools altogether. It would take an entire restructuring of society that would allow for everyone to live in a...
Geez....I guess I must have come across more combative than I intended to. I read govt. school as public school, not as charter schools or some of the other...
In a message dated 11/30/2003 9:47:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I think the major ramifications of leaving the government in control are often not...
... Nah, sometimes I am just provocative. I think one of the most possible scenarios for ending government control of schooling without just *shebang!* closing...
LindaG, I'm running a bit behind, and probably someone has answered this already. Please forgive if I'm redundant. The homeschoolers in my area (southern...
Linda Reed
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... It's hard to sit on the fence when the top of the fence is festooned with spears :) Maddie, of course! We are committed to offering our children a...
Donna, if you're on chat, maybe we should take this there. But in case you're not, I've posted this here for now. I am, so you can move it if you'd like. I...
Linda Reed
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Linda R. Here in West, TN, some clubs and bands have allowed homeschoolers to participate. By law, it is my understanding the schools have to let the...
Linda G., Someone else will have to address the legal aspects of this discussion, as I'm not too well versed. But as I understand it, the law does not address...