Coming out of school late??!?

Question

Ok.. so my best friend goes to Sumiton Christian School In Alabama. She absolutly hates it! Her mom is going to homeschool her next year for 8th grade. Her mom wants to pull her out of school like this week though, and just finish out the year homeschooling her with the books she was using st her school. Can she do that? My mom pulled me out of school and did that, but it was like 3 mo. after school had started. But for beth she only has 7 weeks of school left. Well let me know asap! This is very important that i know today. Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, she can absolutely pull her daughter out of school, at any time.  It is the right of the parent.

Best of luck to you both :D

Answer 2

Your friend's parents need to meet the requirements of whatever state you are in.

Here are AL requirements from hslda:

http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp?St...

Here's more info:

http://www.chefofalabama.org/ala_law.htm

It looks like she will have to be part of a church school, so that may present some difficulty with withdrawing her at this time.

Perhaps give her parents a link to http://www.chefofalabama.org/ where they can research their options on their own.  Other than that, I would stay out of it and let them make their own decision.

It is great that you are so concerned for your friend!

Answer 3

They need to check with the department of education in your state.  Each one differs.

In many states (most, in fact) you cannot keep the textbooks that belong to the public school.  At this point in the year, it would be very expensive to have to go out any buy materials that will only be used for a few weeks