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| Date: From: Subject: | 5/3/2010 9:28:56 AM Home School Legal Defense Association New York: Rochester--Come to Meeting Tonight About Annual Assessments |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== New York: Rochester--Come to Meeting Tonight About Annual Assessments Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: As many of you know, the Rochester City School District has sent several letters over the past few months limiting the choices parents have to select an administrator for the annual assessment under New York law. While even a parent could, with the consent of the superintendent, administer the alternative written narrative evaluation or a standardized test, if the parent meets the test publishers' qualifications, the Rochester City School District has indicated that that parents will not be permitted to administer the annual assessment. HSLDA Staff Attorney Thomas (Tj) Schmidt, along with several leaders from Loving Education at Home (LEAH) including Charity LEAH and Pittsford Community Church LEAH, will be meeting with the Rochester City School District on Monday afternoon to try and resolve this issue. A few other local homeschool support organizations, like the Rochester Area Homeschool Association, will also be at the meeting. On Monday evening, Tj Schmidt will be present at a special meeting for homeschoolers in the area sponsored by Charity and PCC to discuss this situation and be available for questions about homeschooling in New York. Please pray for the meeting with the Rochester City School District on Monday afternoon. Our goal is that the Rochester City School District would recognize that a parent is not automatically disqualified from administering the annual assessment. We believe that the superintendent should only withhold consent for those who do not meet the test publishers' qualifications or are otherwise not "qualified" to conduct the annual assessment. New York law does not prevent a parent from administering the annual assessment, and HSLDA intends to fight for homeschool parents' ability to do so. You are invited to attend the meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Pittsford Community Church at 421 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY. Directions are below. Please RSVP (if you can) to pccleah@frontiernet.net, so we can plan for seating, but you are welcome to come either way! We look forward to seeing you there! Directions to church listed below: clip/ save for future use. Directions: From 490: Take Pittsford-Palmyra exit. Head toward the village of Pittsford (follow signs with arrows showing the way to Pittsford). At first light, turn right onto Marsh Road Church will be on the left, 2/10 of mile, just as you come under 490 overpass. Please park on the 490 side of the church. From Fairport Road: Take Marsh Road (left coming from east, right coming from west) Which is at the corner with Hoselton dealership on one side and Wegmans on the other. Take Marsh Road under railroad overpass, past Power's Market and Whitehaven Cemetery, And continue about another 1/2 mile. PCC will be on your right just before 490 overpass. Please park on the 490 side of the church. Sincerely, Thomas (Tj) Schmidt HSLDA Staff Attorney ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Can you call your attorney at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning? Our members can get in touch with their attorney even after business hours, when they have a legal emergency. Wouldn't you like this level of service? 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