{"id":7396,"date":"2007-02-07T09:53:13","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T14:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=7396"},"modified":"2007-02-07T09:55:43","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T14:55:43","slug":"et-tu-hslda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=7396","title":{"rendered":"ET TU, HSLDA?"},"content":{"rendered":"

God! HSLDA really<\/i> needs to hire someone to look over their copy before they post it to the InternetsTubes. I can’t believe they actually posted this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Virtual Academy Poses Threat to Private Homeschool Freedom<\/p>\n

The Northern Ozaukee School District is expanding its virtual school, intended to offer high school now. The Northern Ozaukee School District operates the Wisconsin Virtual Academy (WIVA), which typifies virtual charter schools. It offers free homeschool curriculum<\/strong>, learning tools (including a laptop computer), access to the Internet, software, access to certified teachers and more. Of course, all the materials are secular in nature. <\/p>\n

Recently, the Wisconsin Teacher\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Union filed a suit challenging the WIVA. Although the case is currently on appeal, the county circuit judge upheld the union\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s central arguments:<\/p>\n

1. WIVA asks parents, rather then state certified teachers, to be the primary educators\u00e2\u20ac\u201dpublic schools can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do this;
\n 2. Wisconsin law allows for charter schools, but not virtual charter schools; virtual charter schools violate WI charter school law; and
\n 3. WIVA misuses the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s open-enrollment program.<\/p>\n

In addition, virtual charter schools pose serious ramifications for homeschoolers. First, if you enroll in this program, you will no longer be considered a private homeschooler, and you will not be eligible for membership in the Home School Legal Defense Association. Our goal at HSLDA is to protect the right of parents to homeschool free from government controls and restrictions. The WIVA is a tax-funded, government program with legitimate government controls and limitations.<\/p>\n

Second, the WIVA is a public school. If you enroll your children in WIVA to receive your free curriculum and laptop, your children will be public school students. This means you waive certain parental rights and agree to homeschool according to the public school\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rules<\/strong>. In other states with similar \u00e2\u20ac\u0153virtual\u00e2\u20ac\u009d charter school programs, HSLDA has observed that more and more regulations are gradually placed on the homeschooler<\/strong> each year.<\/p>\n

If the family does not comply, the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153virtual\u00e2\u20ac\u009d school will demand return of the computer, curriculum, etc. For those homeschoolers who become dependent on the \u00e2\u20ac\u009dfree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d government equipment and funds<\/strong>, their freedom is gradually exchanged for these \u00e2\u20ac\u0153freebies.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Third, this is not the free, private homeschooling that has been so successful all these years. This is simply an attempt by the government to create small public schools in our homes. Before making a decision about enrolling in a charter school, please consider the freedom you will be losing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All together now– CYBER CHARTERS ARE NOT HOMESCHOOLS!<\/p>\n

Hey, Scott and\/or Darren–<\/p>\n

Let your buddies there know that I’m willing to work cheap. Anything<\/em> to keep nonsense like this off the ‘net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

God! HSLDA really needs to hire someone to look over their copy before they post it to the InternetsTubes. I can’t believe they actually posted this: Virtual Academy Poses Threat to Private Homeschool Freedom The Northern Ozaukee School District is expanding its virtual school, intended to offer high school now. The Northern Ozaukee School District […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}