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| Date: From: Subject: | 8/2/2006 1:26:15 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Washington--Follow up on Virtual Charter Schools |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== August 2, 2006 Washington--Follow up on Virtual Charter Schools Dear HSLDA members and friends: Last week in our e-lert about public virtual schools, one of the schools mentioned, the Digital Learning Commons, was incorrectly grouped with a list of virtual public charter schools. While the Digital Learning Commons has online courses, it is not a publicly funded virtual charter school--it is a privately owned company. What our previous e-lert should have stated was that several public schools have used courses from the Digital Learning Commons to supplement their virtual public programs. A homeschool family can privately register with the Digital Learning Commons (DLC) and purchase an online course or courses without being enrolled in a publicly funded virtual charter school. This means your child can enroll with DLC and remain free of the government controls commonly associated with government virtual charter schools. BACKGROUND The Digital Learning Commons is a nonprofit organization working to improve access to educational opportunities and learning resources by providing high-quality educational materials, online courses, and technology tools to all students, teachers, and parents in Washington State. The DLC is not a school. Rather, students and parents can make use of a range of online resources to personalize and individualize their homeschool learning experience, including educator-reviewed and safe reference materials, supplemental curriculum to enhance instruction, and over 300 courses in a variety of subjects, including foreign language and advanced-level courses. You can learn more about the DLC homeschool membership by visiting online at http://www.learningcommons.org/homeschool/ or emailing homesch@learningcommons.org. If you are not yet a member of HSLDA and would like to help us fight for greater parental rights and homeschool freedom in Washington please visit http://www.hslda.org/join/apply.asp . Sincerely, Thomas Schmidt Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> "I saved my entire membership fee with one discount" "When I called Liberty to find out what kind of discount we could get, they told us we would 10% off our car insurance and 5% off our homeowner's insurance. What we will save is more than double what it costs to join HSLDA. With one child getting his driver's license this year, the savings will be a real blessing!" More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1108 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
