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| Date: From: Subject: | 9/9/2010 10:09:10 AM Home School Legal Defense Association Rhode Island--Chariho Families Face Litigation Threat |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Rhode Island--Chariho Families Face Litigation Threat Dear HSLDA Members and Friends: Yesterday the Chariho school system's attorney presented an ultimatum to homeschool families: fill out the "locator cards" or face rejection of your homeschool request. This would almost certainly lead to litigation. After receiving reports recently that Chariho school system was once again demanding "locator cards" from homeschool families, I called their attorney to try to clear things up. Chariho made the same demand last year. But they listened to common sense and backed off. I explained to their attorney that if a family has already given their street address, the school committee cannot lawfully demand that they also fill out locator cards. But to my surprise, he said the school system would absolutely not stop demanding the "locator card." He said the school committee would reject homeschool requests without a locator card. This could quickly lead to families being prosecuted for truancy. We are faced with a serious and imminent threat to our freedom. We must take firm action and stand together. ACTION REQUESTED Rhode Island Guild of Home Teachers and HSLDA are unified in calling for quick action. On Thursday, September 9 and Friday, September 10, I request that every homeschooler living in the Chariho Regional School District contact each member of the Chariho School Committee in person (at their place of business or home), or by email, regular mail or phone. Your message can be as simple as: "Please stop demanding that homeschool families who have already given you their address also fill out a locator card. This is an unlawful demand." Naturally, feel free to explain your message in your own words. Even though our freedoms are under threat here, remember to be courteous. Also keep in mind that the school committee members may not actually know about the locator card demand. This new push for locator cards may be coming from somewhere within the school administration, rather than the school committee itself. These are your elected servants, and they should listen to you. If you know any of these folks personally, it is especially vital that you contact them. CONTACT INFORMATION The mailing address and most emails for school committee members are listed below. You can use these or look up their phone numbers. A few school board members have not listed their street address on the School Committee website (even though that is what they expect you to do!) For those who have listed their street address, a friendly personal visit during socially acceptable hours would be highly appropriate. Holly Eaves, Chairperson 9 General Stanton Lane Charlestown, RI 02813 hollyeaves@cox.net Robert Petit, Vice Chairperson 173 Skunk Hill Road Hope Valley, RI 02832 b_petit@hotmail.com George Abbott PO Box 169 Hopkinton, RI 02833 Deborah Carney 151 Auburn Drive Charlestown, RI 02813 carneygdj@aol.com Andrew Polouski PO Box 451 Charlestown, RI 02813 Michelle Cole 22 Buttonwoods Road Wyoming, RI 02898 mcole34@cox.net Andrew McQuaide 27 East Quail Run Charlestown, RI 02813 andrew02813@hotmail.com Richard Vecchio 5 Elizabeth Court Hope Valley, RI 02832 William Day 17 Nooseneck Hill Road Wyoming, RI 02898 Terri Serra 155 Kenyon Hill Trail Wyoming, RI 02898 Georgia Ure PO Box 123 Wyoming, RI 02898 BACKGROUND The "locator card" is a financial control tool. Each of the three towns in the Chariho Regional School District sends students to Chariho public schools. The locator card is part of the process of registering for enrollment in public school, or registering to get other benefits from the public school system. The locator card is used to make sure each of the three towns pays their "fair share" of Chariho expenses. But homeschool families who do not want to participate in any public school activity (such as sports) do not cause Chariho school system to incur any expense. It is therefore irrational to make homeschoolers fill out the card. It has sometimes been argued that the locator card is necessary to determine whether the Chariho school committee is the correct school committee to act on paperwork from a particular family. But if the family has already submitted their street address, the school committee already knows it is the correct school committee. It serves no purpose to force a family to declare their street address twice. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! 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