The number of parents looking into homeschooling their children has gone up dramatically as a number of public schools plan to start the year virtually, but there are a few things families considering homeschooling need to know.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW PARENTSFACED WITH ANOTHER SEMESTER OFVIRTUAL SCHOOLING ARE SEEKINGALTERNATIVES SOME GOING TO THEEXTREME OF HOMESCHOOLING OTHERSSIMPLY NEED TUTORING HELP.WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGEFAMILIES GIVE SCHOOL A CHANCE,YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN JUST FOR 30DAYS WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER FIRSTBEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONTHE MARYLAND HOME SCHOOLASSOCIATION SAY UNOFFICIALLY,THEY’VE SEEN A 20 PERCENT JUMPIN CORY’S GRANDMAS ARE NOWTHINKING TO THEMSELVES.I DON’T KNOW IS THIS GOING TO BEA REPEAT OF LAST YEAR AND SOMANY FAMILIES HAVE BEENTHINKING.YEP.NOPE.WE’RE GOING TO WE’RE GOING TOJUST DO THIS ON OUR OWN.WE’RE GOING TO HOME-SCHOOLOURSELVES, BUT KEENER SAYSFAMILIES CONSIDERING SHORT-TERMHOMESCHOOLING NEED TO BE AWAREOF A FEW THINGS FIRST.YOU’LL LOSE THE RESOURCESPROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.THE FINANCIAL BURDEN WILL BEYOURS SOME HIGH SCHOOL CREDITSMIGHT NOT TRANSFER EASILY WHENYOU RE ENROLL YOUR CHILD ASTUDENTS WITH AN IEP STAND TOTHEIR SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICESREQUEST FOR TUTORING ARE UP TOMARYLAND TEACHER TUTOR SAYSDEMAND IS FIVE TIMES WHAT ITNORMALLY IS MOST OF OUR THESITUATION’S WE ARE IN OUR WITHPARENTS WHO STILL WANT THEIRCHILDREN ENROLLED IN VIRTUALLEARNING PUBLIC SCHOOL WISE ANDTHEY WANT THAT TEACHER TO COMEIN EVEN THOUGH IT’S A GROUP OFSTUDENTS AND MAKE SURE THATTHOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING METTHAT THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY CHECKEVERY B OF ASSIGNMENTS ANDTESTING AT THE END OF A EXPERTSSAY IT’S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDERWHAT’S BEST FOR YOUR FAMILY.YOU CAN FILE A NOTICE OF INTENTWITH YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AT ANYPOINT DURING THE YEAR.SO IF YOU START THE YEARVIRTUALLY AND DECIDE IT ISN’TWORKING.WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE THEDECISION TO SWITCH
Four in five parents have thought about homeschooling their little ones for the upcoming school year, according to new research.The..
