[mommy2abigail]

In FL, you can homeschool one of two ways. One way is to Establish and operate a homeschool which means no attendance, subjects or qualifications are required. The only bad thing is that the child needs to get tested every year by either 1.state test administered by a certified teacher, 2. evaluation by a certified teacher, 3. evaluated by a licensed phsycologist, or 4.evaluated by another mutually agreed upon tool. Plus you have to maintain a portfolio or texts and worksheets. The other way is to "Qualify and operate as part of a private school corp. (a legally incorperated group of homeschool families)" this way there is no requirements for any thing, testing, subjects studied, record keeping, ect. Since I want to unschool, this is the way I want to go. I dont want to spend the whole year letting dd do/study/learn what she wants only to have to administer some stupid test at the end of the year, yk? I suppose I could get out of it by finding a teacher friend who could evaluate her...but they would have to know our unschooling principles and not freak if she's 8 and not reading yet. Anyway, my question is has anyone started a private school amongst a group of likeminded unschoolers? How difficult/easy was it? I think this is would be hard initially, but in the end would be best since I would not be accountable to anyone else...TIA!

 

[sinjap]

haven't thought about starting a school-would be way too much paperwork, etc. don't want the hassle for me or the munchkin...where i live (jax) it's so close to the georgia border been actually think ing about moving...would still only be a half hour from family...and in georgia they only start with the testing in what would be 3rd grade i think, then every three years til 12th...so at least you only have to deal with it a few times...i hate the thought of standardized testing so much

: actually been considering other "easy" states too like texas, for example

 

[Ravin]

Before reinventing the wheel, have you checked for any regional or state level umbrella groups already in existence with whom you would "fit"?

 

[Kleine Hexe]

I consider FL to be one of the "easy" states. I've been told by other homeschoolers here that the evaluations are no problem and very little is required.

This is a great site and you can look for Chapters in your area. http://www.learningis4everyone.org/

Yahoo groups are a great place to look as well.