Home, for some, is where the school is

By PATRICIA STEELE, DAILY SUN

BUSHNELL — Children taught at home miss out on so many experiences that children who attend public school get to experience every day.

Their parents are thrilled about it.

“I don’t live in a vacuum,” Amy Weed said. “Most members of my family do not homeschool their children, so I hear the stories of the kindergartners who come home wanting explanations for things I’m not quite ready to discuss, especially with a 6-year-old.

“And teasing and harassment and the stress of state testing. My children do not need these things.”

The more Weed heard, the more she became determined to homeschool her children, Emily, 14, and Isaiah, 6. Emily has been homeschooled since kindergarten, while Isaiah just began kindergarten.

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Private Decision

For a variety of reasons, enrollment in non-public schooling alternatives is on the rise

By Paris Achen
Mail Tribune
After homeschooling their nine children for five years, Eagle Point residents Brad and Jacinta Marsh sent their three eldest children to Guadalupe Education Center to give them a Catholic education in a school environment where the class size is no more than 12.

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