A southern Utah polygamous sect has shuttered its school buildings and returned to home schools
BevK October 29th, 2006
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4565777
A southern Utah polygamous sect has shuttered its school buildings and returned to home schools - a move that comes as pressure mounts to investigate allegations of educational neglect in the community.
The Jeffs Academy has moved out of the former public school building it used for the past four years, and the Barlow and Holm family school buildings are empty. They were among about a dozen private schools set up by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a polygamous sect based in the twin towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.
The shift to home schooling, according to several sources, is aimed at shielding children and families from the media and government scrutiny triggered by the search for and arrest of FLDS leader Warren S. Jeffs.
