A Google alert took me to a news story out of San Luis Obispo, California. School transfer is a lesson in bureaucracy is a classic story of a parent who wants to do what is best for her son. She doesn't want her 11-year-old son to travel far from their home, when there is a closer school. The school district reviewed her petition and denied her request.
The key point in this situation is the school district is worried about the money. So they don't want to let the child leave, because they would lose money.
One of the problems with public schools is they are run by bureaucracies which have little accountability to the parents. For decades parents had little choice. About the only option they had was to spend thousands of dollars and send their children to private schools.
Homeschooling gives parents another option. If they want something better than the public school is willing to provide, academically, socially, convinence, or what ever, parents remove their children from a public school.
Which is what Judy Bedell is going to do in the situation in San Luis Obispo! She is getting ready to homeschool her soon.
The article has a poll which asks: Should students be allowed to attend San Miguell schools if they're closer to their homes. The two options are:
1) Sure, it makes perfect sense.
2) Well, I can see why Bradley doesn't want to give them up. Keep them there.
Currently out of 26 votes, 25 people have said parents should be allowed to have their children attend closer schools! I wonder if the one opposing vote was from a bureaucrat?
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2 comments:
Homeschooling does not allow for all students' needs. Lets get real. Only parents who can afford to stay home all day can afford to home school. Also, parents who are academically challenged cannot effectively homes school their own children.
If a parent wishes to home school they make the choice on their own. To constantly criticize public schools will not help poor performing schools. It seems as though all home school educators do is surf the web in search of public school horror stories.
If you have all day to sit at home and have your kids work on worksheets or drill and kill on the computer, take time to work with the public schools and make them better. You see public schools belong to the public and their successes or failures also belong to the public at large. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.
I responded to the comment here.
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