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Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit On ... - 4/3/2008 12:52:42 PM
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One hot topic concerning homeschooled students these days is whether they should be allowed to play on public school sports teams. Parents are split on this topic because they want the opportunity for their children to play on sports teams but they don’t want to lose any of the teaching freedoms th
Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit On The Fence
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 4/3/2008 12:52:43 PM
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Really it shouldnt be up to the state or school board it should be up to the coaches!
Candice
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 8/28/2008 4:18:32 AM
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It shouldn't even be up to the coaches, it should be up to the parents that do homeschool their children. I homeschool my son, and he was on a school baseball team until I started homeschooling, then he got kicked off the team. Why am I still having to pay school taxes? My son should be able to play public school sports, or else I should not be required to pay public school taxes.
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 9/22/2008 9:59:14 PM
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In response to Candice, someone that obviously has nothing to do with homeschooled children....The coaches have nothing to do with it!!! The coach is not a dictator of which taxpaying citizen has the right to play an organized school sport. Their sole job is to manage, and do what is in the best intrest of the team, despite where the children get there eductation. I do agree with Carolyn, there should be some sort of tax form that they should be able to be exempt from paying for extra odds and ends for the public schooling sytem in her area. I was homeschooled for 8 years, that was in the 80's, this was a problem then, and something should be done about it.
Leah
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 9/23/2008 12:07:50 PM
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I think that homeschooled children should be given the opportunity to try out for any high school sports team. making the team, of course, is going to be based on their ability, but I do feel that they should be given the chance.
In our school district I think this is already happening. I could be remembering wrong, but our HS baseball team had a boy that was homeschooled. his parents had to go through some additional paperwork because he wasnt a student and needed special paperwork stating that he lived within the school's boundaries, and then special permission slips to travel with the team. his parents also had to make sure to have him at the school for events that concerned the baseball team, but it all worked.
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 9/25/2008 11:29:55 AM
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I totaslly agree with you diane! Just as an fyi, we ran in to a family in Boston yesterday that was homeschooling and they were on a history tour of the US. Not sure how anyone could afford that with 4 kids but cool would that be?!? I think I would have remembered alot more if I saw where it happened!
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 9/25/2008 11:45:04 AM
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that's awesome! I think that would be one heck of a field trip  I agree - it brings it home when you can see where it all happened. we always take our kids to the california missions when they hit the 4th grade. once they pick their mission, we run a trip out to it. my son had santa barbara, and my daughter had san juan capistrano. roxie is in the 4th grade this year, so we are just waiting for the project to come up. it's kinda neat to be able to walk the grounds and take pictures, then you can add personal touches to the mission they have to build.
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 9/27/2008 2:35:01 PM
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Thats sounds like an awesome time! We went down south a few times because my Dads Dad lived there so we got to see the battlefields and cemetaries...very chilling.
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 9/28/2008 11:41:16 PM
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I love visiting cemetaries! lol I don't know why, a morbid fascination I guess. there is a little town between home and vegas ... calico, CA ... it's a ghost town from the mining days. I love to go there after hours (after their tours and shows) and explore the town, and visit the cemetary. we had more fun on our own, then we did the day we spent with the activity going on! lol
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 9/1/2010 1:48:08 PM
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Be careful what you ask for. The issue is far more involved than should homeschoolers have acccess. The real question is eligability. Most high school athletic associations require that students meet grade and attendence requirements in order to play sports. This can only be done thru the school administration (independent of the coaches). Coaches and parents have a long standing history of cheeting. It's the reason eligability requirements are so detailed. If we are not careful, changing the rules will open a new era of cheeting in high school sports. It is very likely that we will see an increase in "homeschoolers" in an effort to bypass existing eligability requirements. Or the public school system will have to have an oversite role in a homeschoolers classes, tests, and attendence in order to comply (i.e.,independent from the coach and the parent)with long standing eligability requirements. In either case, this can't be good for true homeschoolers. Mark my word, the best way for the state to have oversite of homeschooling is to give homeschoolers access to public sports. And you can bet that most state officials have already figured this out.
Stan
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 10/22/2010 2:09:11 PM
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My son has resided in the same school district since he was born. We chose to send him to a private, Christian school through 6th grade. He is now in 8th grade and is attending a Virtual/Online school that is partnered with a public school 4 hours from our home, but within our state boundaries. There is a homeschool league, but practices are 45 minutes away, one way. OK has a law that if a child enters a new school, they are ineligible to play sports for one year. My son would very much like to participate in local public school sports. He has resided in the local district his whole life. However, the policy is that if he is not attending classes at the local school, he is ineligible for any services or extracurricular activities. I really feel for local (truly) homeschooled students that cannot utilize the sports teams where they reside. Also, ineligiblity for one year should be waived, as it was designed to prevent athletes/students from transferring to a district when they are recruited by the coaches. Tough situation!
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 10/26/2010 1:06:00 PM
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Be careful what you ask for. The issue is far more involved than should homeschoolers have acccess. The real question is eligability. Most high school athletic associations require that students meet grade and attendence requirements in order to play sports. This can only be done thru the school administration (independent of the coaches). Coaches and parents have a long standing history of cheeting. It's the reason eligability requirements are so detailed. If we are not careful, changing the rules will open a new era of cheeting in high school sports. It is very likely that we will see an increase in "homeschoolers" in an effort to bypass existing eligability requirements. Or the public school system will have to have an oversite role in a homeschoolers classes, tests, and attendence in order to comply (i.e.,independent from the coach and the parent)with long standing eligability requirements. In either case, this can't be good for true homeschoolers. Mark my word, the best way for the state to have oversite of homeschooling is to give homeschoolers access to public sports. And you can bet that most state officials have already figured this out.
Stan
Couldn't they just have some kind of equivalency test for homeschoolers then that's no less stringent than existing requirements? If not, then homeschooling parents deserve a tax cut for subsidizing services their kids can't access.
Do parents really care that much about sports that they'd pull their kids out of the school system and homeschool them just to bypass eligibility requirements? I think anyone that did so has absolutely no idea of what a serious responsibility you're taking on when you commit to homeschooling your child. Anything less than 100% dedication isn't going to be enough. That's not something you do on a whim, and certainly not just to get them on some team.
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 1/22/2011 10:25:55 AM
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My daughter is in 8th grade this year in Public school. She is diagnosed ADHD, OCD, and anxiety. She made straight A's and B's k-6, but now she is in the High School 7-12. She is keeping her C average to play Tennis but its close! I have been really keeping an eye and testing her and she isn't really learning anything! She has now got kicked out of school for 3 days because a girl who has behavior issues picked a fight with her and because she didn't walk away she got in trouble too! Even though she has NEVER been in trouble. She has played tennis for the school for 3 years now and the school band for 4. She wants me to home school next year but she doesn't want to give up Tennis and the possible scholarships that go with it. But if she fails classes in public school its not helping either. She wants to take Science in the public school because of the Lab, which the State I know has to let her do! I have an Assoc. degree in Law and I had home schooled my son last year. He now has an IEP and attends public school. FOR NOW! I don't know what to do!?! Where should I go from here? I can prove that she makes the grades to play! ADVISE NEEDED!
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RE: Homeschoolers And Public School Sports: Parents Sit... - 11/24/2011 7:42:34 PM
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Jayson Taylor, superstar NFL linebacker was a home-schooled student who played on his town's HS team. I very much doubt the school had any problem letting him play on their team. As long as the kid lives in the district and is good enough to make it, let em play.
Jeremy
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