Last-minute change upsets parents who home school kids
BevK September 13th, 2006
Traditional home schoolers don’t have this problem.
In May, Lea Anne Sattler started planning the curriculum she’d teach her 15- and 13-year-old children, whom she schools at home.
In July she ordered all her materials and organized lesson plans.
Then Aug. 15 — just a week or two before the school year was to begin — she got a letter that halted her plans.
The Department of Defense Education Activity had awarded the contract for its Remote Location Home School Program to a new company.
“Now I have to start over with new teachers,” Sattler said, referring to the company’s employees who advise parents.
“The new company is not even accredited yet,” she said. “I don’t understand why this place was granted the contract. The Web site isn’t very substantial.”
Gerry said DODEA is confident the new company will do a good job, saying it provides a “well-developed program, which includes a high quality of support for home-schooling families.”
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=39965
