Parents Want Their Home Schooled Kids To Participate In The District’s Extracurricular Activities
A public hearing was held by the Starpoint School Board to tackle the request of home schooling parents to have their kids participate in the district’s ‘intramurals’ and extracurricular activities.
According to one parent, the Cheektowaga, Maryvale and Grand Island school allowed home schooled students to join in their extracurricular activities. By doing so, it will bridge the public school and the home schooling families. If and when families decide to go back to the public school, transferring will be much easier for kids.
Another parent said that home schooled students sometimes feel marginalized. If they are allowed to join the district’s extracurricular activities, it would really make them feel they belong. They generally do well academically because they can easily be provided with the best math, science, writing lessons etc, if they fall short in any subject. He adds that extracurricular activities such as sports can be a little expensive.
The members of the board thanked the parents for participating in the meeting. Members have promised to take this into consideration. They said that they will look into this issue and formulate policies for the program.
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