Murmurs among the crowd

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on November 6, 2007 - 11:00am.
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In his closing statement, state Sen. Fred Smith provoked murmurs among the crowd at the N.C. School Boards Association meeting.

Outlining his five-point plan for improving education, Smith ended by saying that the state needs to do more for the thousands of children who are home-schooled.

"We need to work with the home-school community — 69,500 students are receiving home school instructions, and we need to let them participate in extracurricular activities," he said.

The crowd's negative reaction was strong, with loud murmurs continuing for nearly 10 seconds.

"That's a definite no-no," explained John Horton, chairman of the Hertford County school board. "To participate in extracurricular activities, you have to be a part of the system, and home schooled kids are not a part of the system."

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Re: Murmurs among the crowd

Submitted by carriegrubbs on January 14, 2008 - 3:44pm.

Homeschoolers are part of the system! Homeschoolers are part of a system where they pay taxes for extra curricular actitivites which they are not permitted to be involved in. If they are not part of the system, why do they have to pay for it?

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