Can I continue high school after being home schooled?
Posted by admin on September 5, 2009
I’ve been in school for all years up until my Junior year. But recently, due to some medical issues, I can’t regularly attend school and my grades are dropping drastically because of it. My school has been less then helpful getting me any sort of home tutor or such to help me stay up to speed, and I’ve missed most of this semester. My mother and I are thinking about home schooling me, so that I can have the education I need. But my school seems to be doing everything possible to prevent me from leaving. They claim that if I leave school this year, and be home schooled I would have to repeat my Junior year again instead of continuing to my Senior year. Even if I’ve complete all required curriculum. However, I haven’t found any laws online that state this to be true. Do I really have to repeat my Junior year even if I’ve completed all required curriculum at home? I live in Connecticut, just so you know, because I know laws and regulations vary from state to state. Please also include your sources so I can bring a case with official legislation to the guidance councilor and the school principal, etc.
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Finish your subjects at home this year and then demand to be tested prior to starting your senior year next fall. Then test will show where you need to be…..
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no you must go through Home High School, then you can go to Home College, then you can work from home on the new job that you cant get cause unemployment is so high you might as well just give that Home Diploma back cause it aint worth the paper its printed on.
sorry for the bad new but…hey thanks for the great question
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To re-enter the school system after home schooling, you have to pass some tests….
The reason the school doesn’t want you to home school is they get paid so much per student by the state…
Another option you might consider is home schooling your Junior year, taking the GED test. and start college instead your senior year….
I had high school friends who took this route….
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i know! my idiot counselor said if im homeschooled i cant come back my senior year to get my diploma -_- and she kept saying stoopid stuff to keep me from being homeschooled when i cant concentrate in school and She tried to convince my daddy to NOT let me be homeschooled and she dusent know crap , they all lie. plus the question i asked earlier, the people says i can go back to high school anytime and im in FL all schools care about is money -_- and i hope things work out for both of us T_T
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If you have not completed the credits you will have to finish them either at school or at home.
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Wonderful. “No, we won’t help you.” “No, you can’t leave and fix it yourself, either.”
Sigh.
Try this:
And this (ignore the religious stuff if you’re so inclined):
I can’t find anything about getting back into school; it might be worth a phone call to a lawyer to find that out.
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Your school lied. If you go into homeschooling you do not have to repeat ANY years. As long as you are able to pass the tests for your year with acceptable scores, they MUST pass you. Also, I would recommend an accredited virtual school. You can take classes online and earn your credits. Your school just doesn’t want you to leave because it makes them look bad to have students withdraw. They can’t stop you from homeschooling and you should not have to fight to go into homeschooling. At least that’s how it is in Florida. I’m not sure about Connecticut, but I believe in all of the states we have something called human rights??
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sorry i dont have a source unless you live in Boston, but you can tell them that their brains must be in whack mode if they say you’ll have to repeat your junior year. if you complete the curriculum, you can move on to your senior year next year.
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You have the legal right to be homeschooled in all 50 states. The school isn’t exactly lying to you. They just aren’t telling you the whole truth about your rights *and* theirs.
First, you need to understand the difference between homeschooling, homebound education, and independent studies. They are not the same thing. When you homeschool, you are not in the school system at all. You follow your states’ laws. They all differ. When you are homebound educated, you are still a pupil at the public school. You don’t attend, but a credentialed teacher comes to your home and gives you assignments. Schools do not have to provide homebound education unless you fit their medical criteria. Basically, if you are physically able to get out of the house, they aren’t going to send a tutor to your home. If your immune system is so compromised that you cannot be exposed to any crowds, like at the grocery story, church, school etc they will send a tutor. However, many illnesses can be accommodated in a “504″ plan and they will insist you are provided with accommodations for your medical issues in a classroom setting. For instance, your 504 plan could be written to allow you to leave class at certain intervals to take doctor prescribed medication. Some school districts provide for independent studies where again, you meet either at school or at the district offices with a credentialed teacher who oversees and assigns your curriculum. I don’t believe that districts are required to offer this option.
If you choose to homeschool independently,you are in control of your curriculum. The schools do not have to accept your credits unless they are from an accredited school. The school has no idea what homeschooling means for one student compared to another. Eleventh grade English can be vastly different from one curriculum to another. Some schools will require you take a placement test to re-enroll, because they want to know where you are. So no, basically, they don’t have to accept your credits if you were homeschooled, but they do have to allow you to enroll. You really can’t expect school employees to know about independent homeschooling. It isn’t their thing. That would be like asking a homeschooling parent to describe graduation requirements for a school they have no connection to.
If you are planning on returning to public school, your easiest route would be to enroll in an on-line public school. Those schools are required to follow your states’ standards, as is the school you attend now, so you can easily transfer the credits.
I hope I cleared up the differences.
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