??? for homeschooling parents

[Margies3]

My friend here is using something called Connections Academy

http://www.connectionsacademy.com/

So far, this is the one I am the most impressed with. My only questions for them at this point are:

1) can you enroll at this point in the year? Or do we have to wait until next school year?

2) do they do placement testing before he starts? If not, then I think I'm going to look elsewhere.

Have any of you seen this before?

[HappyTown]

Originally Posted by Margies3

Thanks, guys! I appreciate your answers.

Any other thoughts from anyone else?

Keith is REALLY objecting to this. What would you do in that case?

This is all pretty overwhelming right now. I appreciate your help!

If your a tax payer they must by law test your child. Check with your local Library, in most cases like ours, they have outreach with other home schooled parents, can get you in touch and let you know what your rights are how go about it. Hope this helps.

[Tina]

Originally Posted by HappyTown

If your a tax payer they must by law test your child. Check with your local Library, in most cases like ours, they have outreach with other home schooled parents, can get you in touch and let you know what your rights are how go about it. Hope this helps.

MISINFORMATION!!! This is not always the case. She needs to go to the HSLDA site and read the laws and requirements for the state she lives in. Some can require testing, others can't.

In some states, if children are registered under an umbrella program operating as a satellite of a registered Christian school program the state can't mandate testing.

[Tina]

Originally Posted by Margies3

My friend here is using something called Connections Academy

http://www.connectionsacademy.com/

So far, this is the one I am the most impressed with. My only questions for them at this point are:

1) can you enroll at this point in the year? Or do we have to wait until next school year?

2) do they do placement testing before he starts? If not, then I think I'm going to look elsewhere.

Have any of you seen this before?

I've heard enough good things about it from people on forums who use it to know that if it were made available in Tennessee I would at least try it. It looks like a great setup. Best of all, you wouldn't be out any money to try it. You might want to request more information from the site.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by HappyTown

If your a tax payer they must by law test your child. Check with your local Library, in most cases like ours, they have outreach with other home schooled parents, can get you in touch and let you know what your rights are how go about it. Hope this helps.

HUH?????

[Tina]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

HUH?????

The meaning must have been lost somewhere in the translation.

(note: In case you missed it, one of her other posts she said she uses a translator to post here)

Originally Posted by HappyTown

Yes I use Googly to translate French into English or cross check a word if not sure, sometime we get it right, sometimes we get the right word, wrong meaning.

I enjoy many of the members here as well. Even tho I may not agree.


I understand the questing what I don't agree on is when it becomes more on the lines of harassment. This is how it feel to me.

[HappyTown]

Originally Posted by Tina

MISINFORMATION!!! This is not always the case. She needs to go to the HSLDA site and read the laws and requirements for the state she lives in. Some can require testing, others can't.

In some states, if children are registered under an umbrella program operating as a satellite of a registered Christian school program the state can't mandate testing.

My point was check with the home schooled in your area, not all are run by flakes. Library's are a good source and have info on contacts.
When we lived in UT it had a pretty good chapter group, about forty parents met the second of each month at the library, along with the school superintendent who sit in once every three months to answer questioning.

My son was home schooled, I went through them to learn what my rights were as a parent. My son had the right to join sports, driver ed and sit in classes of his choice,plus scholarships that are open to home schooled kids. The group here is very informed, so we were blessed.

[Tina]

Originally Posted by HappyTown

My point was check with the home schooled in your area, not all are run by flakes. Library's are a good source and have info on contacts.
When we lived in UT it had a pretty good chapter group, about forty parents met the second of each month at the library, along with the school superintendent who sit in once every three months to answer questioning.

My son was home schooled, I went through them to learn what my rights were as a parent. My son had the right to join sports, driver ed and sit in classes of his choice,plus scholarships that are open to home schooled kids. The group here is very informed, so we were blessed.

So you told her that because she was a taxpayer, that by law her kid must be tested.

I was correct. Definitely something lost in the translation.

[HappyTown]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

HUH?????

As tax payer who pays into your school district in your area you are entitled to having your child tested by the school. I had my son tested by the school in our district to see where he placed, so yes it can and does happen. You got work with the school.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by HappyTown

As tax payer who pays into your school district in your area you are entitled to having your child tested by the school. I had my son tested by the school in our district to see where he placed, so yes it can and does happen. You got work with the school.

Okay, first of all if the school isn't working in the best interest of the child, you DON'T have to work with the school.

Anyway, that's fine, if Margie is "entitled" as a taxpayer to have him tested if she WANTS to, but you made it sound like as a taxpayer she's REQUIRED to have him tested. LOL!!!!!