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by: MTechnique Active Indicator LED Icon 4 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 11:22am  
After being plagued with sickness & disease at this school district for 2 school years DW and I decided to pull out kids out of that cesspool. Both excelled incredibly well as students, but the districts ridiculous attendance demands force parents to send clearly ill an contagious students to school or face non-stop harassment from the administration.We had the kids pass out cards to their friends, classmates with contact information on them. Last night and this morning we heard from 2 other mothers with students in this district the first time this year, also citing rampant sickness afflicting their otherwise never sick children since being introduced to this school.I don't know if there are environmental factors as well but DW and I have already concluded that personal hygiene in this school (Bens Branch Elementary) is horrendous. Some of the stories the kids have told us are downright disgusting.DW and I will be home schooling the two starting next week. I'm sure mentally and physically it will be for the better. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 11:34am  
Good luck! Maybe @Burnsway can hook you up with some info. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 12:02pm  
After being plagued with sickness & disease at this school district for 2 school years DW and I decided to pull out kids out of that cesspool. Both excelled incredibly well as students, but the districts ridiculous attendance demands force parents to send clearly ill an contagious students to school or face non-stop harassment from the administration.We had the kids pass out cards to their friends, classmates with contact information on them. Last night and this morning we heard from 2 other mothers with students in this district the first time this year, also citing rampant sickness afflicting their otherwise never sick children since being introduced to this school.I don't know if there are environmental factors as well but DW and I have already concluded that personal hygiene in this school (Bens Branch Elementary) is horrendous. Some of the stories the kids have told us are downright disgusting.DW and I will be home schooling the two starting next week. I'm sure mentally and physically it will be for the better.
 
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I have one boy in kings manor and one in the 6th grade campus..we've had no issues with sickness but at the 6th grade campus I have been hearing from other parents horror stories of all kinds.hence why they are building another middle school.way to many kids in one school and they can't keep them under control. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 12:05pm  
I applaud you for your bold and rewarding decision! Good for you! Emoticon) 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 1:51pm  
You will find they finish so much work so much faster that you will have lots of extra time. Even though we are half way into the year you can join Heart or another group for as little as 25 bucks a year and start hanging with other homeschoolers. many many out there. we are up to almost 30% school aged kids are now home schooled. There are more homeschoolers and private school students together than Public school now.But a word of warning would be homeschool does not prevent sickness but you dont have to be on any timeline so when you or your kids are sick you just get to relax and not worry about missed days. This has been a bad year for everyone. Libraries and grocery stores are two of the worst places to pick stuff up at and we hit the library 2-4 times a week....LOLAlso join THSC and or hslda....its around 85 a year but gives you full legal assistance if anyone wants to intrude on your rights to teach your own kids.https://www.homeschool-life.com/tx/heart/http://www.thsc.org/http://www.hslda.org/The hardest part of homeschool is retraining your mind to the fact you pulled your kids out of public school because you didnt like it so dont try to do it the way they do it. Dont try to teach the same way, dont try to keep up with their test, dont try to have this rigid schedule, dont panic and think your doing it wrong, and if your not having fun, you ARE doing it wrong....LOL. It will also be hard on your kids to get over the public schools ways so give everyone a fun break...you are finally free, you have no testing, no deadlines and no forced assignments to be done so throw your hands up and all those rules and deadlines out the window and let the fun begin!!!!!!! We dont even give our kid a grade level....we dont have to live by that nonsense anymore, now we can REALLY LEARN OUR WAY! 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 7:52pm  
Removed By Request 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 9:12pm  
You will find they finish so much work so much faster that you will have lots of extra time. Even though we are half way into the year you can join Heart or another group for as little as 25 bucks a year and start hanging with other homeschoolers. many many out there. we are up to almost 30% school aged kids are now home schooled. There are more homeschoolers and private school students together than Public school now.But a word of warning would be homeschool does not prevent sickness but you dont have to be on any timeline so when you or your kids are sick you just get to relax and not worry about missed days. This has been a bad year for everyone. Libraries and grocery stores are two of the worst places to pick stuff up at and we hit the library 2-4 times a week....LOLAlso join THSC and or hslda....its around 85 a year but gives you full legal assistance if anyone wants to intrude on your rights to teach your own kids.https://www.homeschool-life.com/tx/heart/http://www.thsc.org/http://www.hslda.org/The hardest part of homeschool is retraining your mind to the fact you pulled your kids out of public school because you didnt like it so dont try to do it the way they do it. Dont try to teach the same way, dont try to keep up with their test, dont try to have this rigid schedule, dont panic and think your doing it wrong, and if your not having fun, you ARE doing it wrong....LOL. It will also be hard on your kids to get over the public schools ways so give everyone a fun break...you are finally free, you have no testing, no deadlines and no forced assignments to be done so throw your hands up and all those rules and deadlines out the window and let the fun begin!!!!!!! We dont even give our kid a grade level....we dont have to live by that nonsense anymore, now we can REALLY LEARN OUR WAY!
 
@Burnsway: I know you are an advocate of home-schooling and I very much respect that. We all share concerns about public schools and the problems associated with them, including the issues raised by the OP. However, it doesn't help your cause when information is incorrect. Homeschoolers make up less than 3% of the student population in Texas. It is nowhere near 30% and there is absolutely no way that private schools + Home schoolers are more than half. I really don't mean to judge homeschooling itself. Like everything else, it has advantages and disadvantages. Just make sure you use valid information. 
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 9:42pm  
I think the sickness spreading in public schools is more than just physical sickness.If you need help with the math, drop me a line. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 9:46pm  
After being plagued with sickness & disease at this school district for 2 school years DW and I decided to pull out kids out of that cesspool. Both excelled incredibly well as students, but the districts ridiculous attendance demands force parents to send clearly ill an contagious students to school or face non-stop harassment from the administration.We had the kids pass out cards to their friends, classmates with contact information on them. Last night and this morning we heard from 2 other mothers with students in this district the first time this year, also citing rampant sickness afflicting their otherwise never sick children since being introduced to this school.I don't know if there are environmental factors as well but DW and I have already concluded that personal hygiene in this school (Bens Branch Elementary) is horrendous. Some of the stories the kids have told us are downright disgusting.DW and I will be home schooling the two starting next week. I'm sure mentally and physically it will be for the better.
 
@MTechnique:  Not sure what you were expecting..  When they tell you, you live in Kingwood and you have a Porter address and go to New caney ISd... well it is what it is... Prob meth residue. Good call on the withdrawal. Run or your kids will be Breaking Bad up in your house.
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 9:46pm  
Its actually 4% and that percentage of kids accounted for because they were once in the public school system and are no longer. Children that have been home schooled from day 1 are not accounted for in any stats because they were NEVER ENROLLED. And that was the last actual study in 1999. They also cant account for children that were in private school and then homeschooled because they too are not in any public school data.https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=91the number of primary school kids whose parents choose to forgo traditional education is growing seven times faster than the number of kids enrolling in K-12 every year. - See more at: www.educationnews.or g/parenting/number-o f-homeschoolers-grow ing-nationwide/ is no way to say an exact percentage on children in homeschool vs public school because in TEXAS AND MANY OTHER STATES YOU DONT HAVE TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD IN A DOCUMENTED HOMESCHOOL PROGRAM. Im currently looking for the article with data that quoted a possible estimated 27-30% I can not find it right now but will continue to look. if I cant find it I will just concede to that part....lolDepartment of education can only give a percentage on kids that were once enrolled in public school but are no longer. All other children are not accounted for and I say about 75 % of homeschoolers were never in the Emoticonublic school system.Some researchers even say that number is conservative and could be as high as 2 million students. From 2007 to 2010, the number of children home schooled increased by an estimated 7 percent; the number of children enrolled in schools increased by less than 1 percent over the same period. (Ray, 2011).http://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/home-schooling/That paragraph above points out that between 2007 and 2010 homeschool increased by 7% but public school enrollment only increased by 1%http://a2zhomeschooling.com/thoughts_opinions_home_school/numbers_homeschooled_students/#miscountMiscounting of HomeschoolersThese numbers are just a statistical estimate. Many things seem to influence how many home schooled children are educated at home in each US state, and a variety of influences will make the numbers a little high or a little lowEmoticonerception of whether or not schools in state are good or bad;Ease of complying with homeschool laws in a state;In a number of states homeschoolers do not register, either because they need not or will not. California and Texas are two of them;I include all students ages 5-17. Many families homeschool children younger or older than the compulsory age range in their states. These students would not be counted on official homeschool demographics reports.Some states and cities have better support organizations and more outreach than others.The relative population of children to adults in a state.I cannot say that this data will age well. Homeschooling grew during good economic times. Whether or not this will continue to hold true during the economic downturn remains to be seen.A 3.02% growth probably does not hold true for each grade level in every state.We cannot all agree on what constitutes a “real” homeschooler! What sort of homeschoolers are tracked by each state may vary.I will close for now with one other thing they do not add in...the new k12 programs are homeschoolers but added in as public school students because its sponsored through public school even though they are homeschooled and there is a huge growth in that program. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 10:02pm  
It is highly unlikely that the above homeschooling statistics are completely accurate. In fact, the actual figure is thought to be much much higher. This is because not all of the 50 states have reporting laws. For example, New Jersey is one of the most liberal homeschooling states. Parents are not required to inform any departments or agencies of their intent to homeschool, and no proof of homeschooling is required at any time. The NCES survey itself even states that readers should "Interpret data with caution; coefficient of variation is 30 percent or more."https://www.time4learning.com/homeschool/homeschoolstatistics.shtml 4951
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Burnsway Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 10 years ago   Mar 8, '14 10:29pm  
 However, it doesn't help your cause when information is incorrect. 
 
@notfromhere: I have no cause as far as how other people decide to educate their kids so that part of your post made no sense to me. The only cause I have is to educate my child the best way FOR HER!
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 9, '14 1:33am  
After being plagued with sickness & disease at this school district for 2 school years DW and I decided to pull out kids out of that cesspool. Both excelled incredibly well as students, but the districts ridiculous attendance demands force parents to send clearly ill an contagious students to school or face non-stop harassment from the administration.We had the kids pass out cards to their friends, classmates with contact information on them. Last night and this morning we heard from 2 other mothers with students in this district the first time this year, also citing rampant sickness afflicting their otherwise never sick children since being introduced to this school.I don't know if there are environmental factors as well but DW and I have already concluded that personal hygiene in this school (Bens Branch Elementary) is horrendous. Some of the stories the kids have told us are downright disgusting.DW and I will be home schooling the two starting next week. I'm sure mentally and physically it will be for the better.
 
@MTechnique: I admire you.   You have done the right thing!!!!
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 9, '14 7:08am  
If you feel as if you should homeschool, do it. Just keep paying those taxes to NCISD baby.
 
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~ 10 years ago   Mar 9, '14 9:37am  
My child has been in NCISD for 6 years now and we have never had any issues with illness. Their attendance policy is pretty strict, but I think that is a good thing.  Helps hold people accountable.  4951
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Pi Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 10 years ago   Mar 9, '14 10:00am  
I've only ever seen the aftermath of homeschooling when the parent
re-enrolls the kiddo in public school, and the most common reason for
giving up has been that they didn't know how to gauge if their student
was progressing appropriately or not.  How do you handle that @Burnsway?
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