Friday as Drew and I were driving home from running errands my cell phone rang. I answered it (thru the car bluetooth) It was the school district informing me that I had not filed the proper paperwork to home school Drew and he was being considered truant. I told them he attended a private school for homeschoolers and I had filed the proper paperwork with the district on April 1 when I removed him. I asked why they thought we were home schooling. They didn't answer that. I suggested they contact his previous school and ask where the paperwork was. Per Colorado LAW since we pulled him out and enrolled him in a private school we did not need to file a 14 day intent to homeschool letter.
The truant office told me they didn't recognize the school in question and since they didn't we were breaking the law. The school is registred with the state so it doesn't matter if the district recognizes them or not. The STATE does.
Drew was hearing this conversation because it was thru the car and he got very upset thinking the district was going to make him go back. That broke my heart.
I got home and called the director of Spiral Academy. She had never heard of this and tried to call the truant office to discuss it but of course they had left for the day. She said the district never requested Drew's records which she thought was strange. She also told me the district we lived in was one of the worst when it came to homeschooling and would try to exert their force on us.
It is just one more instance where the district acts as a bully. I haven't heard yet today if the director of Spiral Academy and the truant office have touched base but I know I am in compliance and I honestly suspect that certain someones are behind this but we have no proof. So we move forward and wait to see what happens but Drew won't be going back. PERIOD
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