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| Date: From: Subject: | 3/23/2006 4:44:45 PM Home School Legal Defense Association New Mexico--Good News in New Mexico! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== March 23, 2006 New Mexico--Good News in New Mexico! Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Many families have expressed concern over some of the requirements of the New Mexico Public Education Department's online notification form. Your concerns were very justified, and Home School Legal Defense Association has worked closely with CAPE-NM to take steps to solve the problem. Thanks to the hard work of the CAPE-NM leadership, it appears that the Department has taken huge steps in the right direction! The most prominent of these changes is the fact that the Department removed their statement that only online notifications would be accepted--the website explicitly recognizes that they will accept hard-copy notification forms. In addition, the online form itself has been modified. Email addresses and phone numbers are asked for but are no longer required information. A significant change is that the spaces for names of homeschooled children have been removed and replaced with a spot for ages only. All in all, Dr. Parkinson, Assistant Secretary of Education has been very responsive to homeschool concerns, and has made appropriate leaps toward recognizing the rights of homeschoolers. Based on this news, we are changing our past advice about online notification. We are now encouraging families to use the online form, if convenient. We appreciate the Department's good faith in working with CAPE-NM. Because the Department has shown itself willing to address our concerns and has made many beneficial changes, we now recommend using their website for your notification. Sincerely, Scott W. Somerville HSLDA Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Is customer service an art or a science? For us, good customer service is both an art and a science -it should appeal to our members and be effective. Consider what our members say about us: We're thankful for the support HSLDA membership provides us. We'd never homeschool without them. We highly recommend HSLDA to all homeschoolers. - North Tonawanda, NY I cannot imagine our homeschool journey without HSLDA's strong leadership, protection, and guidance. God bless HSLDA! - Alta Loma, California More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1940 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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 Email: 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 email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: ##ToAddress## - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email 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 email 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 email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
