When should I tell my daughter's school that she won't be returning in September?

Question

My daughter had a rough year at her private Christian school and the year ended very badly. Her teacher was an idiot. The problem is that is it a one room school with one teacher for all twelve grades so he would be her teacher each year. They just clashed because they have very differently personalities. The staff just handled the whole situation terribly so my daughter won't be returning. We weren't happy with the public school. They weren't teaching my daughter enough so when she tested to get into private school she tested half a year behind. We have decided to homeschool our daughter this year. As a courtesy I guess I should tell her school she isn't returning. Do I need her transcripts from the school if she is going to be homeschooled? When should I tell the school? Should I tell them now that she won't be returning or should I wait until September?

Answer 1

what i would do would be to make an apointment with the school principal. Tell her the situation and also tell her that you would really like to have her home schooled.  i cant tell you much because their are different circumstances and qualifications for each kid. The principal will tell you the answer to that. If you can not get in touch with the school principal or if she is busy contact the board of ed of your state.

     Hope i could help! Good luck with every thing.

Answer 2

Tell them now.

Answer 3

You need to check the laws in your state.

hslda.org will have a list of laws for each state.

http://www.youcanhomeschool.org/starther...

Depending on the laws in your state, you can make your decision of when, how, and if to notify the school.

Answer 4

Tell the principal the situation. I had the same problem at a private school in first grade. My teacher was an idiot also who picked on me. Hope that helps!

Answer 5

Tell them as soon as possible.

Answer 6

Personally I would tell them as soon as possible. I'm not in NJ, but Ok has similar legislation regarding homeschooling.

As to transcripts, that depends on her age. If she's already in Jr High or High school, then I would request them because it will make it easier to create a transcript for college. Before then, I really wouldn't worry about it because you can just start off of what she's been doing this past year (depending on her mastery of the subject) Most school districts have a curriculum online, and they do pretty good of explaining what steps they are taking. We prefer unschooling, but I do glance at the PASS skills for the state to compare <blush>

Answer 7

Is there nothing in the school's own prospectus, school fees schedule, payment information etc that'd answer your question? It ought to be in there somewhere.

Here, virtually all private schools ask for 'one term's notice' if you're planning to withdraw your child or they expect you to pay a term's worth of fees in lieu of notice.  

Personally, given that you've made your decision, I'd tell them as soon as possible then both you and the school are free to go your separate ways and move on from the last year.

I definitely wouldn't leave it 'til september tho. because, by allowing the school to go on holding a place (that's not actually wanted by you) for your daughter, another family could be turned away by the school unnecessarily when their child could've used -- and benefited from -- that empty school-place**.

**your daughter's unwanted school place

PS Given what you've revealed about your daughter's experiences of education to date, I'm not surprised you say your daughter has a temper at times; I imagine 99.9% of her 'temper' might be put down to absolute frustration at the ineptitude of those who should have been helping her learn!

Answer 8

You can check the laws on homeschooling for your state at:

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

You might not be required to tell them anything. But, I would write them a polite letter anyways, because they could put something in her records that would go to her next school.  So, your letter would probably go with it, explaining your side of the story.  If you decide homeschooling isn't for you after just 1 year and have to send her to another school, they usually want 2 years of records.  Maybe if you can homeschool for 2 years, the next school wouldn't learn of the conflict that happened.