The school gave me more trouble than I anticipated. The principal called me & said I never gave him a definitive answer about what I was doing & that I would have to follow a procedure to withdraw my son officially. I had already planned on bringing them an official letter that week. He asked that I come in & talk with him & my son's teacher. I know I didn't have to but I did. I came armed with my official withdraw letter. They both wanted to know what my reason's were & I explained again to them & told them that there were other factors as well. The principal tried telling me that there were laws about pulling out mid year & if I didn't go to the Regional Office of Education & fill out paper work & tell them I was pulling him out then he would be truant & not able to move on to another grade. I really almost laughed out loud at him because he has no idea at all about homeschooling laws in Illinois. I informed him about the laws & he told me not to believe everything I read. Excuse me? I shouldn't even believe the law? In Illinois schooling is not even required until age 7 and my child is only 6. Also, there are no forms that I have to fill out or anyone I must notify. He either is completely ignorant or trying to intimidate me. They also tried to tell me that just like you wouldn't try to fix a broken arm at home I shouldn't be trying to homeschool my child because I am not a professional. Such BS. I just told them that I was better qualified because I know my child better than they do & I have his well being at heart. I told them I was informed of the laws & suggested he do the same. I told them I would not be going to the ROE because there was no reason to & not required by law. They then tried to tell me that the homeschooling kids he's had enroll in school were desocialized and isolated. I just smiled at them & told them I knew what I was doing. My son is socialized just fine thank you.
His teacher tried telling me again that his behavior was normal & that he would never be able to learn how to control himself if I had him at home. She absolutely has no clue. She attributed his behavior to immaturity (maybe but I wonder if she even knows that kids have different learning styles?) My son, I have learned is a kinestetic learner & he needs to move a lot throughout the day & doesn't do well sitting for long periods. Also, I have to wonder why if his behavior was normal to her then why was she punishing my son for being normal? She would give him lunch detention or miss recess on a regular basis for his "inability to pay attention" or "not sitting still". She would send home notes all the time & for awhile I almost thought I had a mis-behaved child. Now I know what the truths are.
Anyways, thanks for letting me vent. I was just very aggravated and wanted to get that off of my chest.
