| DPI Makes Filing Changes (see previous post ) |
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WPA Homeschool Leaders and Other Homeschoolers,
As a result of WPA's work, the DPI Web site no longer asks people filing form PI-1206 to provide their phone numbers.
The DPI was unwilling to remove the suggestion that people use their email address as their ID. However, also as a result of WPA's work, it did change the language so less pressure is put on people to use their email address. The DPI has also agreed that if people use their email address as their ID, the DPI will not share their email address with the person's local school district or anyone else.
Thank you,
The WPA Board |
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| New Electronic Filing in Wisconsin Email |
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Here's a Heads-Up When Filling Out the Form...Give them only what the law requires:
File form PI-1205 after the third Friday in September (September 17 this year) and by October 15 (unless your child is currently formally enrolled in a public school or a private school that is not a homeschool. If they are enrolled, you need to file the form before you begin homeschooling.)
When filing your PI-1206 form, dont use your email address as your ID. (If the DPI Web site still says, We strongly encourage you to use your email address as your ID, ignore this suggestion.) Instead, where the DPI Web site says, Required: Email / ID, use your name or a combination of letters and/or numbers that you choose. Homeschoolers who use their email address may receive emails from their local school districts and others. To solve this problem, WPA has asked that the DPI remove the suggestion that parents use their email address as their ID. If the DPI does not remove it, WPA has asked that the DPI not provide email addresses to local school districts.
Dont give the DPI your phone number(s). There is no good reason for the DPI to request them, and they havent done so in the past. Because an enormous amount of information is available to anyone who has your phone number, giving it to the DPI undermines your family privacy. Also, some local school districts may use these phone numbers to contact homeschoolers.
Dont give the DPI or your local school district any other information not required by law. Know your rights and dont respond to surveys or questionnaires your school district may send you.
Dont trust information from the DPI, including what is posted on the Web site that has the new electronic version of the form. Much of this information is misleading and/or inaccurate. See the WPA Web site and For Information, Trust WPA and Beware of the DPI on page 10 of Newsletter #105.
Our freedoms and our privacy are much more secure when we know how to protect our freedoms in spite of the policies and procedures of the DPI and local school districts. We will be in a much weaker position if we try to rely on outside experts instead of taking responsibility ourselves. Many states (such as NY, NH, and PA) that relied on outside experts have ended up with restrictive homeschooling laws as a result.
Forward this email and share this information with other homeschoolers, including members of your support group.
Thank you,
The WPA Board
Wisconsin Parents Association
www.homeschooling-wpa.org |
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| Overwhelmed! |
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I need some help....I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed! I have a 1st grader and an 8th grader that we will be homeschooling for the first time. We purchased |
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| Spanking Kids |
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How do you feel about spanking kids? Answer to Spanking Kids by Kristina Miller: My book is purposely vague on spanking because... 1) While I don't |
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| Fort Worth Area Homeschool Information |
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Leigh Bortins Presentation Sat July 17
Leigh Bortins, the founder of Classical Conversations
presenting with Dr. Miles Jones, founder of
Jones Geniuses Accelerated Education
this coming Saturday July 17, 2010 from
3-5:30 pm at the Riley Convention Center at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
2001 W. Seminary Drive, Fort Worth, Tx.
This is a priceless opportunity to meet with Leigh Bortins and hear
about the dynamic educational program that has engaged tens of
thousands of home schoolers across the nation. Leigh Bortins will
present on The Dialectics of Mathematics education. Learn why
Classical Conversations has been so successful in galvanizing a new generation of home schoolers. She will discuss the three stages of classical (Greek) method and how each can be effectively implemented
in home education.
Dr. Jones will present on the Call from Sinai, the archaeological
evidence found at the Mount Sinai site in Midian which includes
inscriptions from the base of the mountain. An international team has
been called to examine this evidence and Dr. Jones is a part of that
team. Dr. Jones analyzed and translated the inscriptions from Sinai
published in his new book The Writing of God. They reveal the
scriptural call that is the basis of the Christian model of classical
education, subtitled "How the Greeks stood on the shoulders of the Hebrews".
SWBTS university is a leader in quality classical education and has subsidized this event by discounting the beautiful Riley Conference Center for the use of this home school conference. The fee for the event is $5
for adults and $3 for children under 18 years of age.
Please RSVP to chris@jonesgeniuses.com or by phone 817 718 8822. |
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| Moms Who Work From Home |
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With the rising costs of meeting the financial needs of their families, the number of moms who work from home is steadily increasing. What kind of stay at home Mom jobs are there? |
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| Digital Books |
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Digital books count, too! There's nothing that can replace the experience of learning to read a book - turning the pages - cuddling up with a parent or |
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