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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/14/2011 5:05:47 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Illinois: Help Stop Daytime Curfew in Boone County Tomorrow |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== Illinois--Help Stop Daytime Curfew in Boone County Tomorrow June 14, 2011 Dear HSLDA members and friends in Boone County: If you are told that having a daytime curfew will help reduce truancy, don't believe it. Based on statistics from the Illinois State Board of Education, 136 students per year, on average, were chronically truant in Belvidere CUSD 100 in the 5 school years prior to the enactment of their daytime curfew in June 1996. But over the next 10 years, 235 students, on average, were chronically truant per year. That's an increase of 73% in chronic truancy AFTER the daytime curfew became law! Based on the same reports, fewer than 4 students per year were chronically truant, on average, over the last 5 years in North Boone CUSD 200. With chronic truancy so low in Boone County, it's hardly a matter for urgent legislation. But beyond that, history proves that a daytime curfew does nothing to reduce truancy, and may even increase it. ACTION REQUESTED Tomorrow please attend the 6:30 p.m. meeting of the board, at 1212 Logan Ave., Belvidere, to express your opposition to the curfew and truancy proposals. Before the meeting starts, fill out a public comment form and give it to the chairman so you can speak during the public comment section of the meeting. Thank you for standing with us for freedom! Sincerely yours, Scott A. Woodruff ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> How many news articles did you read this morning over your oatmeal? We live in a world where concise information presented at the right time can make a big difference in the outcome of important legislative efforts. Yet it's tough to keep up with all the issues that affect you. HSLDA does this for you in the areas that affect your homeschool. Our emails and website enable you to take quick, decisive action. Please consider becoming a part of this team. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1923 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ====================================================================== 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. ====================================================================== | |
