[Vision2020] DoDEA to Discontinue Remote Hme School Program

Chris Storhok cstorhok at co.fairbanks.ak.us
Wed Jan 24 14:50:42 PST 2007 

The RHSP is used by service families to provide stability to their
children's education process.  For example, many of the families
assigned to Fort Wainwright or Eielson Air Force Base who move in and
out of the Fairbanks North Star Borough as a result of their change in
duty station choose to home school their children.  

The reasons they choose RHSP over local schools are as varied as there
are numbers of families; however the program is popular and will be
sorely missed.  These kids are shuffled from duty station to duty
station and thus are exposed to various educational systems.   
 
The immediate effect that the end of RHSP will have on my local district
is the sudden and unplanned for introduction of around 900 children to
the local public schools.  Try to plan and fund that sudden addition and
you can see that military towns around the nation are going to face one
heck of mess next fall.  

This is just another blunder by the military and will make it even more
difficult to recruit and retain our nation's finest people.  

Chris S.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of lfalen
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:37 PM
To: J Ford; vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] DoDEA to Discontinue Remote Hme School Program

I don't think Tom's post had anything to do with Moscow. I think this
was in reference to where public schools were not available.

Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "J Ford" privatejf32 at hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:24:54 -0800
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] DoDEA to Discontinue Remote Hme School Program

> Em...how?
> 
> We have an excellent system here in Moscow...if the parent chooses not
to 
> take advantage of that or of one of the private schools here...it is
up to 
> them to educate, up to standards that would allow their child to enter

> college, voc school or the military, or be prepared to have that kid
in 
> their home the rest of their (parent's) lives.  No education - no
job...that 
> simple.
> 
> J  :]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> >Reply-To: lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com>
> >To: "Tom Hansen" <idahotom at hotmail.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] DoDEA to Discontinue Remote Hme School
Program
> >Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:33:47 -0800
> >
> >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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