[Vision2020] DoDEA to Discontinue Remote Hme School Program

[lfalen]

If the kids under this program have no other means of public education, they need to be taken care of.
-----Original message-----
From: "Tom Hansen" idahotom at hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:31:59 -0800
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] DoDEA to Discontinue Remote Hme School Program

> >From the American Forces Press Service -
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> WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2007 - The Department of Defense Education Activity 
> will discontinue its Remote Home School Program beginning in school year 
> 2007-2008, DoDEA officials announced today.
> 
> "We understand this unique program is valued by our families," said Joseph 
> D. Tafoya, DoDEA director. "Unfortunately, with the funding allocation and 
> grants expiring for this program at the end of school year 2006-2007, we 
> will have to discontinue the Remote Location Home Schooling Program."
> 
> DoDEA plans, directs, coordinates and manages the education programs for 
> Defense Department family members who would otherwise not have access to a 
> high-quality public education. Although operating a home-schooling program 
> is outside of its directed mission, officials said, DoDEA has administered 
> the Remote Home School Program since school year 2001-2002, when it received 
> the first in a series of unsolicited allocations and grants to support the 
> program.
> 
> DoDEA cannot continue administering the program with the funding 
> authorizations and grants expiring, and by law, DoDEA is not permitted to 
> lobby for funds to continue operating the program, officials explained.
> 
> "We truly regret the disruption this may cause students and families," 
> Tafoya said. "We do not take this decision lightly; it is the result of 
> careful analysis of the needs of our directed mission."
> 
> Officials said DoDEA will help students and families in any way possible in 
> transitioning from the home-schooling program. Based on their home location, 
> students and families may choose to enroll in a local DoDEA-administered 
> school or public school. They may also choose to attend a private school or 
> to participate in a home-schooling program of their choice at their own 
> expense.
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> 
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