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| Date: From: Subject: | 10/7/2004 4:08:31 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Massachusetts--Ashburnham Forum |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== October 7, 2004 Massachusetts--Ashburnham Forum Dear HSLDA members and friends: Thank you so much for your rapid response to the situation in Ashburnham! We have received many e-mails from member families who are forwarding the Ashburnham alert along to other e-mail lists, and each of the four statewide homeschool organizations has indicated plans to send at least one leader to the "forum" at the Overlook Middle School Library in Ashburnham. While I cannot personally attend this event, Donald Perron, a local homeschool leader, will be coordinating efforts on the scene. Since so many people are planning to attend, I have decided to make the critical documents available to all on our website. The public notice indicates that a "forum" will be held on Wednesday, October 13, at 6:00 p.m. at the Overlook Middle School Library. If you want to attend, use MapQuest www.mapquest.com to get to 10 Oakmont Drive in Ashburnham. Dr. Zapantis is familiar with my letter http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1855 of August 31, 2004 where I advised him that his draft policy would never be upheld by the Supreme Judicial Court. I got my copy of the draft policy from Donald Perron. Dr. Zapantis's letter http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1856 to him was my first indication that homeschoolers were expected to seek approval by May 15 of each year. The proposed Ashburnham application form http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1857 requires a number of items over and above the May 15 deadline. The most troublesome is the requirement that each student identify the "minutes per week" planned for each subject. The proposed policy for home instruction http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1858 cuts far beyond anything contained in the form. It authorizes pre-assessment and post-assessment testing, weekly logs, and work samples, all over and above standardized testing to be administered by school personnel at a date, time, and place chosen by the superintendent. The home instruction procedures http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?ID=1859 establish the May 15 deadline and proves that this policy had already been drafted and read by the school committee on June 20, long before any homeschooler was aware of its existence. If you can come to the forum, please print these documents out in advance. We are particularly interested in homeschooled teens who feel prepared for public speaking on behalf of homeschool liberties. Sincerely, Scott W. Somerville, Esq. 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