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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/27/2002 5:46:49 PM Scott A. Woodruff, Esq., Staff Attorney of HSLDA Washington D.C.--Town hall meeting Thursday night on bill to force 3 year olds to attend school |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- March 27, 2002 Dear Washington D.C. Members and Friends, The District of Columbia Council is attempting to expand government control over your children. Councilman Kevin Chavous will be holding a town hall meeting tomorrow night at 6 PM to discuss his bill that would force 3 year olds to attend school. He has arranged for some impressive people to come and speak in support of his bill. In order to prevent this measure from becoming law, it is important that many ordinary citizens using everyday common sense come to oppose the bill. The meeting will be at H.D. Woodson Senior High, 5500 Eads St., N.E. (6 PM) ACTION REQUESTED 1) Please come to the meeting tomorrow night. Even if you do not speak against the bill, your presence will be significant. 2) There will be three additional town hall meetings. Please plan to come to all of them. 3) Please pass this on to other parents you know who live in Washington D.C. This bill would affect all families, not just home schoolers. Future Town Hall Meetings (all at 6 PM) April 10 at Backus Middle School, 5171 S. Dakota Ave., N.E. April 17 at American University, Kay Spiritual Life Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. April 30 at Adams Elementary School, 2020 19th St. N.W. BACKGROUND Councilman Chavous filed bill 14-261 late last summer. According to a letter he sent D.C. residents recently, he appointed a "Commission on Primary Education Reform" to "develop a blueprint for implementation" of his plan. You can read his entire letter at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=370 and the entire text of his bill at http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=371. D.C. law currently requires children who will be 5 by December 31 to attend school. The Chavous bill would lower the age to 3 by December 31. REASONS TO OPPOSE BILL 14-261 1) This radical change is unprecedented and unconstitutional. For an outline of constitutional issues, go to http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=372. 2) Children under 5 need parenting, not schooling. 3) Many social pathologies are linked to parents spending little time with their children. 4) DC already has the lowest compulsory attendance age in the country and one of the worst academic records. 5) The question is not whether some parents might wish to send their 2 and 3 year olds to school; the question is whether ALL parents should be forced to send ALL children age 3 and up to school. 6) Many studies show that there is no benefit or that children are actually harmed when they are forced into school before they are ready. (http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=373). Parents know best when a child is ready. Thank you for standing with us for freedom. Sincerely yours, Scott A. 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