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Peaches · 05-09-2009, 04:01 PM

My son used to play on a soccer team that was around 75% homeschooled kids. They had the same few that were odd, same that were exceptional, same that were average as any other school. The problem arises when you can't offer what the private or public systems can offer. I know for a fact I never could have taught my son the AP Calculus, AP Physics, etc. that he took as a senior. Heck, I'm pretty sure he passed me up academically around the 7th grade! And in that county, if you "exceeded" what the school could offer you, the district paid for you to attend college classes as well as providing transportation. The homeschooling parents I know always offered public or private school to their kids and usually by high school they would leave homeschooling.

Charter school was the best thing that happened to the county I lived in when my son was in school. All the money donated by the parents went to the school instead of the county - like it was previously. They also instituted a program where every Wed. the kids got out at noon. They could get tutored, participate in inschool clubs, or even take the time to go to the doctor/dentist/orthodontist so they didn't miss school. Plus at the beginning of the year the school sent home a letter that basically said "Donate $50 (or whatever it was) now and we'll never have another fund raiser all year". Best. Idea. Ever. About 90% of the mothers were SAHM so there was a lot of volunteering done there too. We had a lot of big wigs who sent their kids there instead of private school.

As far as private school, I went to one that is now $18K per year. That doesn't include food, sports, books (which are about the same price as college books), field trips, etc. We were always having bake sales or some other fund raiser. To this day I still get a letter and/or call every year to donate to the alumni fundraiser. Asking for money isn't public school specific.

As with all things, if you don't like it, change it. If you can't change it, change yourself and move to a different district/private or homeschool.

05-09-2009, 04:01 PM
Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	My son used to play on a soccer team that was around 75% homeschooled kids. They had the same few that were odd, same that were exceptional, same that were average as any other school. The problem arises when you can't offer what the private or public systems can offer. I know for a fact I never could have taught my son the AP Calculus, AP Physics, etc. that he took as a senior. Heck, I'm pretty sure he passed me up academically around the 7th grade! And in that county, if you "exceeded" what the school could offer you, the district paid for you to attend college classes as well as providing transportation. The homeschooling parents I know always offered public or private school to their kids and usually by high school they would leave homeschooling. Charter school was the best thing that happened to the county I lived in when my son was in school. All the money donated by the parents went to the school instead of the county - like it was previously. They also instituted a program where every Wed. the kids got out at noon. They could get tutored, participate in inschool clubs, or even take the time to go to the doctor/dentist/orthodontist so they didn't miss school. Plus at the beginning of the year the school sent home a letter that basically said "Donate $50 (or whatever it was) now and we'll never have another fund raiser all year". Best. Idea. Ever. About 90% of the mothers were SAHM so there was a lot of volunteering done there too. We had a lot of big wigs who sent their kids there instead of private school. As far as private school, I went to one that is now $18K per year. That doesn't include food, sports, books (which are about the same price as college books), field trips, etc. We were always having bake sales or some other fund raiser. To this day I still get a letter and/or call every year to donate to the alumni fundraiser. Asking for money isn't public school specific. As with all things, if you don't like it, change it. If you can't change it, change yourself and move to a different district/private or homeschool.