Iowa
Home Schooling Janitor Threatened
Many home schoolers are nervous about their relationship with their local public school districts, and this is especially true when one of the parents works for the public school system. When one Iowa father accepted a job as janitor at the local school, however, he hardly expected that his right to home school would be threatened.
When the family turned in their Competent Private Instruction Report form (Form A), the father was called in to meet with the superintendent. According to the mother, he was clearly told, “All school employees’ children have to attend the local public school.” The family promptly called Home School Legal Defense Association.
Attorney Scott Somerville contacted the superintendent to clarify the situation. Very few school officials are actually willing to repeat, in a conversation with an attorney, a threat to fire an employee solely because the employee is home schooling. That was certainly true in this case. The superintendent was excruciatingly careful to explain that he had no problem with home schooling, that he was very supportive of home schooling, and that home schooling had nothing to do with an HSLDA member’s right to employment.
Please pray for this family, as they struggle to raise their children in the fear of the Lord despite such difficulties. Although the father is still employed by the school district at this time, he is actively seeking better alternatives elsewhere.
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Iowa
Admitted to statehood:
December 28, 1846
Origin of name:
Indian word variously traslated as “one who puts to sleep” or “beautiful land.”
Motto:
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.
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