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Victory!

August 21, 2008

I know I am way behind in posting my praise for the great victory we had here in California… God is good! In a unanimous decision, the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District ruled earlier this month that “California statutes permit home schooling as a species of private school education.” The freedom [...]

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An Apology

May 28, 2008

Today, there was an apology for excluding home schoolers from the Subway Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest. This newly released apology was written by Subway’s partnering Scholastic public relations department. The apology reads: Regarding your concerns about the Subway contest that excludes home schools from contest eligibility, Scholastic and Subway apologize to all individuals [...]

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Outrageous, but not surprising…

May 26, 2008

Subway wants to hear stories from children to enter their Every Sandwich Tells A Story Contest. Well, they are refusing entries from my children. Why? Because my children are home schooled. Here are the official rules straight from the site: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. Contest is open only to legal residents of [...]

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California Families Fight Back

March 27, 2008

Latest News — My hubby was quoted in our local paper! Local residents weigh in on home school ruling From HSLDA — (yesterday) HSLDA is pleased to announce that all the major California-based homeschool organizations have come together in order to better serve California homeschool families. The statement below outlines our position on the recent [...]

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Defending Homeschool Freedom in California

March 12, 2008

Latest news: O’Connell Supports Right to Homeschool Please help take action against the outrageous ruling against home education! ======================================================================From the HSLDA E-lert Service…====================================================================== ***** ***** ***** *****JOINT LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT – March 11, 2008From: Roy Hanson’s Private and Home Educators of California and HSLDA ***** ***** ***** ***** Bill: Assembly Concurrent Resolution ACR 115 – [...]

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Homeschooling in California Illegal?

March 9, 2008

Many of you have heard about the court ruling that could subject all California parents to criminal penalties for homeschooling, unless the homeschooling parent is credentialed. If not, I urge you to read about the ruling from February 28th, which would drastically effect not only my family, but close to 200,000 other school-age children and [...]