We notified the DOE of our arrival to VT when we first moved here in 1999, and since the laws are so heinous, we sought the remedy provided for in the law, and asked for a waiver of the curriculum approval and year end assessments. After a few years of hard work we agreed in 2003 to a religious waiver from submitting curriculum. I know the rest of the law stinks, too, but that’s not in this story.

In January 2006 we requested a waiver from submitting the year end assessments. This brought our file under scrutiny and they realized they had passed our teacher letters, identical 56 word items, for the last 2 years when they were signed by different assessing teachers.

Someone hit the roof and we received a nasty, disparaging, threatening letter from the Commissioner’s lawyer accusing us of writing the letters. We wrote back saying assessments were rightly done, etc. Later we found out the lawyer sent this letter after she had interviewed a teacher who attested to doing our assessments, so she knowingly slandered us. We have a letter all set about that: this is a religious issue, and we detect discrimination.

Meanwhile, we sent in our homeschool notification to the DOE for the 1006-1007 year in late March 2006. It is the same packet we send every year, including teacher assessments. Our letters were fine the last 4 years, but now suddenly they are no good!  Hmmmm... let's see, they meet the law- whatever could be the matter? The teacher wrote our letters.

Well, that’s where it is now. You can read our response to our incompletes here.

I believe in a free people writing. Unless someone tells me it’s illegal to publish my own letters or mail I receive, who knows what will be on this blog!

Have a nice day.