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Charter Homeschool
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Question:
I'm looking for information on homeschoolers who work with school
districts through a charter school. The state of Oregon is currently
putting together a proposal to invite homeschoolers to participate in
a new type of educational model. Homeschoolers would be allowed to
spend their educational dollars on anything having to do with
education and would work with homeschool coordinators.
Has anything like this been done in other states?
Answer:
-Wisconsin homeschoolers have been fighting this maneuver for about two
years. See http://homeschooling-wpa.org/ for more info. You should
find what you need to know in the issues and legislation section.
These are called virtual charter schools or cyber charter schools. I
hope you make it through this challenging time. Remember, nothing
from the government is really free.
-Washington State has a similar program.
-I don't have the website, but you might check out Somis Elementary
School.. We have an elementary home school within the school district,
and are opening a Charter homeschool highschool this year. So far the
homeschool has been successful - obviously the highschool will have to
prove itself. Sorry I can't provide a link at the moment - just setting
up a new computer and haven't figured out all the little stuff yet.
There aren't too many "Somis"s though.
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