Valerie is a born and raised Southern California girl. She is married and a stay-at-home mother to three wonderful blessings. Before her calling to homeschool, she wrote for public television, taught kindergarten, and was a live-in Nanny. She is currently Moderator of an International Yahoo GroupJust4homeschoolfamilies, The Heart Of The Matter online magazine; as well as Senior Editor of an monthly newsletter Words Of Encouragement.
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*I hope to be back on track this weekend*
It's Friday and California has kept me busy! With all the news circling, creating fear in homeschool families everywhere, I find myself in the middle of it all - finding good comfort and promises from the Lord while weeding through the facts. Fear tends to make people crazy - and there is a lot of that going on around here. People are jumping on the wagon of it is illegal to homeschool here now and afraid to go outside... some are even making plans to move. I'm sure more families will be in church this Sunday, too. (At least the pews will be filled).
Rest assure, it is still safe to homeschool in California. We need to sit patiently pray and watch as the case is brought to the Supreme Court. It is then our future of homeschooling will be determinded. Getting something to the Supreme Court can take months and even years. Even then, if homeschooling becomes illegal in California, there will be a transition time period set to enroll your child into a structured school facility. It wont sneak up on us as a surprise or word of mouth... there will be letters sent, public hearings, television focus and much more. More than 166,000 families in California would be affected; therefore, it wont come as a surprise.
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