Gee, why wasn't this reported on by the Utah Media, the SlTrib for one loves to point out controversial events like this. Oh maybe it's because the WND is nothing more than a tabloid.

Okay a little research showes there is actually something to this. but what WND neglected to report, is why she had to document her kids's homeschooling. One of her sons was prosecuted for assaulting a school mate. He was let off with a plea in abayance, with some stipulations, 40 hrs community service, complete an anger management course, do well in school, and stay out of trouble.

Now it comes time to prove he's doing well in school, but she homeschools and the district apparently lost her paperwork verifying the son's education during the last school year.

In otherwords there is no proof that he "Attended School" as was part of he plea sentence. That is why the Judge (who still apparently overstepped his bounds slightly), threatened to take the kids if she didn't enroll them in public school. She was part of the agreement that kept her son out of Juvi Jail. She didn't ensure that she had proof, and that it was properly received and filed by the district. Therefore she has failed to follow the courts instructions, and was thus given the ultimatum by the Judge.

But rather than just enroll the kids for a year, while she worked out the issue of the missing paperwork with the school district and then with the court, she chose to run. Now I don't know much about juvinile law, but isn't that somehow equivilant to someone in the adult system trying to flee the state to escape a sentence?

In conclusion, don't cite the WND, they used to be half decent, but are no better than the National Enquirer anymore. Which brings me back to my original point about why there was no other real news coverage of such a story. Even if DesNews or KSL chose to overlook it, the Trib would run such a story in a heartbeat. But the situation is not what WND trys to make it sound like.

Oh and I call Godwins Law on WND, for trying to make comparisons with Hitler.

Randy wrote:

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Apparently, public schools are always given a pass any and every time they fail. And yet a process that routinely turns out the best and brightest students is routinely subjected to suspicion.

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I have problems with these statements.  Public schools do not fail 'every time' -- to say so is so far from the truth that it is an obvious play on emotion and poor argumentative skills. 
The second statement is not only not backed up by any evidence, but it directly contradicts the evidence I have read.  According to a study done in my state (Idaho) less than 5 years ago, home school and charter school students typically score LOWER on standardized tests than their counterparts in public schools.  Regardless of your feelings regarding the accuracy of standardized testing, it is the only measurement we have and it is administered evenly between the three study groups, so we have to take it at face value.
And since we have given the responsibility of educating our children to the government (for good or ill), I find it completely understandable that they have something of an attitude of 'the buck stops with them' -- that is, that they can KNOW they are trying their best to educate a child (even if it's a crappy job, they have documentation and know what is being tried), but if someone else (e.g., homeschoolers) are doing it they don't know if the parent is just keeping the child home and doing nothing at all (which DOES happen). 

 

Dyany,

Re-read what I said.

I did not say that public schools fail each and every time. Nor would I ever say that because it is not true.

Instead, I said that each and every time they fail they are given a pass.

Randy