A victory for a military homeschooling family in CT

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An update on the situation in Connecticut concerning the homeschooling mom whose husband was militarily deployed when the problems began:

Hoo Ya! A Victory For A Military Homeschool Family in CT!, 6 July 2007, Consent of the Governed

The DCF Commissioner, Susan Hamilton, send a certified letter to Isabelle Hall-Gustafsen, whose husband had been deployed, saying that DCF has reviewed her file and has decided to reverse their substantiation of the school’s claims of truancy and medical neglect. So the case is now unsubstantiated and the family can breathe a little easier. The news came at the time when SSGT Robert Gustafson, Jr (643rd MP ) returned home from deployment on July 3rd. (I am certain they had a very happy 4th of July!).

Additionally, Commissioner Hamilton has promised to get back to us with plans of implementing the policy changes that NHELD has recommended in order to avoid these types of investigations brought on by false reports by school administrators.

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One Response to A victory for a military homeschooling family in CT

  1. Valerie on July 31, 2007 at 3:29 pm

    WNPR Piece on Homeschooling in Connecticut , 20 July 2007,The Thinking Mother

    Here is a link to the WNPR Connecticut broadcast about homeschooling that aired on July 19, 2007.

    WNPR interviewed NHELD’s Attorney Deborah Stevenson (who homeschooled her two children), and they interviewed a homeschool support group leader in Connecticut. They also interviewed a representative from the Department of Education and someone form Massachusetts that runs a program for teens transitioning out of school to be homeschooled.

    was going to tell you to enjoy this piece. However I just listened to it and it is not all positive so I’m not sure if one can say that the piece can be “enjoyed”. Or perhaps the reason I can’t say I enjoyed this is because I am too close to the controversies or that I know too much about some of the families who are being investigated by DCF for educational neglect who were reported to DCF by the schools their children were exiting from.

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