Homeschooling

I just have questions about removing my daughter from public school.. she just started kindregarten the beginning of august, but it is just not working.. I wanted to homeschool her initially.. but she has adhd, so we put her in school.. she is now on medication, and doing better.. but just too much going on I don't even feel comfortable with her being at school in that environment..

Do I need to have her enrolled in homeschool before I take her out of school? or can it be shortly thereafter?

 

 

 

It depends on where you live. Here is a link to go check out your state...

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp

I pulled my son out of school in October of 2005. I did not have anything set-up at the time (I had done lots of research though and knew that we were going to go with a literature based curriculum). If I remember correctly I had to get in my intent to homeschool and a note about the curriculum we were using within a month of pulling him out. The superintendent here loves messing with the new homeschooling families and he did not approve me at first. I was told that the curriculum I chose did not fit with their standards. It was my error. All I needed to do was write a note simply stating that our curriculum would fit with the state standards. I have had no other issues.

Jean, blessed homeschooling mom 

Every state has different regulations. It would be wise to do your research on your state's regulations and what is required. I know that in my state, they are more strict about the steps you need to take. A letter of intent to homeschool is required to be sent to the district's superintendent and then the district sends a packet of information and the parents are required to then submit a home instruction plan for the children who will be homeschooled. But, in my state, Kindergarten is not mandatory. It goes by birthdate and when your child turns 6 years old.

But, other states, I think Kindergarten is required and therefore, the parent must submit paperwork. And in yet other states, there isn't much in the way of regulations on homeschooling or paperwork.

I don't have a link to where to find information for all different states, but probably if you were to do a search for your state and "homeschool regulations", you should be able to find out what is required by your state before you pull your child out.

I know that my daughter was in Kindergarten last year and we wanted to pull her out mid-year. I could have and wouldn't have had to report to the district, but I also didn't feel like I had my act together with what curriculum I wanted to use and what my plan of instruction would be, so I just kept her in the school. In some ways I'm glad I finished out the year because it would probably have been a bit traumatic for her to abruptly leave all her friends there. But, in other ways, I feel like we lost a year of educational experiences. We took several steps backward (we homeschooled in preschool) with all the "School Rules" that were enforced in the public school that really battered my daughter's self-esteem and self-image. She took a lot of the mass reprimanding too personally. We're a month into homeschooling and she's still working through some of that and it may take us a few more months for her to realize that this is NOT public school and those rules no longer apply and the yelling, negative talk isn't going to happen.

Sorry to have gone off on a tangent. I guess I just have been where you are...making the decision of when and how and whether to pull a child out of Kindergarten. I hope that you have a positive experience. I do encourage you to know your state's regulations inside and out before you pull her, just so you are following things to the letter of the law so no one can kick and scream about it. :)

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we  live in Kentucky.. so from what I get from this http://www.hslda.org/laws/analysis/Kentucky.pdf

First of all she doesn't even have to be in school now because she is only 5 and second of all, we only have to let them know of our intent to homeschool..

 

 

 

Yes, it looks like you could pull her and not even need to send in an intent to homeschool because she's only 5. It looks like all you will need to do next year is send in an intent to homeschool. Sounds like it's very easy in Kentucky.

Jean, blessed homeschooling mom