Comments on: The latest homeschool freak out

By: scatty

scatty — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:55:00 +0000

I went to the WND report (wish I hadn’t). Even as someone who homeschooled in Germany and struggled with the authorities for many years and is still actively involved in advocacy there, it makes me cringe when I see their ham-handed dragging up of the Germany situation, and their regurgitation of the same Wolfgang Drautz quote (which came from Dana’s blog). That is not journalism, it’s I don’t know what. They are so stale. At least they’ve moved from Melissa Busekros onto the Dudeks. The word counterproductive doesn’t even start to describe it.

By: Doc

Doc — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:10:17 +0000

If homeschooling in a custody case were a threat to homeschooling in general, HSLDA would be all over it like a bad stink. Considering that they clearly steer clear of such issues, that to me proves that it isn’t a homeschooling rights issue. Trying to disseminate all scenarios where a judge needs to make a decision regarding the schooling of minor children is ridiculous. We could “what if” all fucking day. This judge made a decision in this case. Period.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:55:19 +0000

I would have to disagree that homeschooling isn’t a major custody issue when homeschooling and divorce intersect. Thinking more though, not being a custody issue may be true - in the cases I’ve personally seen, opposition to homeschooling been far more about perceived dollars and punishment of a spouse than the education of the children (not the case in the NC case, but this has opened the door for discussion).

I was quite happy to see the Pennsylvania ruling a few months ago.

One thing I’ve noticed in all of the furor about this NC case though - no one has mentioned that HSLDA isn’t gonna touch this case with a 10 foot pole. They don’t do homeschooling and divorce. I did see someone on a local list jump to “They should contact HSLDA!” Not one of the usual defenders/promoters of HSLDA on the list responded publicly.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:42:53 +0000

I was considering cases where parents share joint and physical custody, but live in different towns (like my downstairs neighbor) or in a district has multiple schools of choice.

My neighbor’s kids are in a school district that is considered superior educationally, while the district he lives in is far more diverse on almost every count.

Since the parents fully share both physical and legal custody, a disagreement could lead to the judge making the decision between two public schools. I just can’t see any way that a judge would say the kids need to go to the more diverse district.

By: JJ Ross

JJ Ross — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:35:20 +0000

Which brings us full-circle to Jeanette’s words, ta-da!

“Government should not pass its judgement on those who do not submit to its agenda.”