West Virginia is apparently going completely down the tubes, due to...homeschooling parents?
In December, a Home School Legal Defense Association member family in Fayette County, West Virginia, received a letter from the county's attendance director. The two-page letter demanded that families complete and return a form declaring whether they intended to use the WESTEST or another standardized achievement test for their end-of-the-year assessment.Furthermore, the letter demanded that a certified teacher complete and send the school district an invasive, four-page form for families choosing the portfolio evaluation option.
HSLDA called the county's attendance director. She repeatedly stated that she thought that homeschoolers needed to have more supervision by the school district. At one point, she said, "You've heard of third world countries? Well, that is what is happening to West Virginia because of homeschooling."
Well, that's a pretty nasty comment.
Posted by kswygert at March 6, 2006 03:59 PM