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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/26/2003 4:11:55 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Wisconsin--Virtual Charter School Changes State Form |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- February 26, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Last year, we informed Home School Legal Defense Association members of the new virtual charter school that was established out of the Appleton School District, called the Wisconsin Connections Academy (WCA). We explained that the virtual charter school program creates small public schools in the home. Each virtual charter school tests the student on a secular program provided by the charter school. There are also many controls placed on the homeschooler who participates in this program. Furthermore, the homeschool student becomes a public school student and is no longer considered a private homeschooler. Recently we received information from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) that the Wisconsin Connections Academy had altered the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Full-Time Public School Open Enrollment application form. The Department of Public Instruction wanted homeschoolers to know that they had not given permission to the WCA to alter the form. The WCA changed the form by adding their contact information to the top of the Department of Public Instruction's instruction sheet, and by filling in their name in the box for the non-resident school district. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction wanted to make clear to homeschoolers that they did not condone this alteration of their form. Wisconsin homeschoolers were also concerned that the DPI shared their mailing list of all the registered homeschoolers with the WCA. The DPI assured HSLDA that they did not and will not share their mailing list with the WCA or any future virtual charter schools. The WCA privately obtained their own list of homeschoolers. For more details on WCA see: http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200202040.asp Sincerely, Christopher J. Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 E-mail: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an e-mail with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: {{Email}} - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an e-mail from the e-mail address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your e-mail address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid e-mail address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this e-mail address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any e-mail sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send e-mail to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also e-mail staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
