[Packratt]

Thanks for the replies.

I have to go soon so I can't reply to all of them singly right now.

Yes, we live in an "hours" state too, they mandate how many hours our children must be in "school", force us to pay for proficiency tests, and force us to prove our curiculum matches the school board's mandate by showing them materials and recorded hours of inclass time. We're pretty worried now because the local "attendence officer" has made a complaint in juvenile court since we cannot reapply for homeschooling since we don't have the money to get the results of the test our son took which are required when reapplying each year.

We worry that they will force him back into a school where he was regularly assaulted by older kids and where the teachers harrass him for looking different than the other kids.

Anyway... like I said, i really have to get some things done today. good luck to you all.