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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI - pulling your kids to homeschool for a period of time and then re-enrolling them is perfectly legal. You don’t need their permission, just a letter of intent to homeschool. And they can’t stop you from re-enrolling when you want to.[/quote]

You need more than a letter of intent. You need your transcript, list of subjects you plan to teach, and the letter of intent, and then of course you have to send it in. And to re-enroll obviously you need all those documents, proof of residency, etc. I'd rather go to court and explain that I wanted my kid to see their grandma. Not that that will happen, obviously. :)[/quote]

Your transcript and a list of subjects takes about 5 minutes to gather.

Just saying it can be done. Want to take a two month vacation? Voila! (I *would* recommend providing instruction — aka actually homeschooling — in that case. Good news is it takes very little time to cover what’s done in a public elementary! Then the rest of the day is yours. 😎)[/quote]

This cavalier attitude towards foundational education really explains the abysmal attendance and test scores we are seeing persist after the return to buildings.
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NP here
Meh.  The schools told us for over a year that kid's education wasn't as important as adults having access to alcohol.   As far as I'm concerned, schools have no right to an opinion on school attendance as long as the kid's parents are ok with it.
-my youngest is now a high school senior and I'm so glad to be almost done with this nonsense.  [/quote]

This. I taught my kid to read myself because the teachers weren’t doing it. We do tons of enrichment at home (math games, museum visits, science kits…). At this point, APS is glorified babysitting and then I work with them at home.

So, YES, take the trip! So much learning can occur when you do. Just bring some school work with you. There’s tons of secular homeschool curricula out there now. It’s often better than what’s taught in schools. And you don’t have to waste your time waiting for little Johnny in the background to stop throwing the desks around and pay attention. 😉[/quote]

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