[musicmaj]

We may be moving from CT to TN in the murfreesboro area. Do any of you live in Murfreesboro? My 4 year old son is autistic so we will be looking for new doctors (neurologists/dev.pediatricians, reg. pediatrician), new school program, etc. I am also concerned about vaccine exemptions since ds has had most of his shots and will NOT be getting anymore. My almost 6 year old will be homeschooled so I need to look into those laws as well. There is so much to research.

: Homeschooling is so easy in CT.

If any of you can tell me how you like the area or if anyone knows anything about the homeschool laws/vaccine exemptions/special needs programs I would love to hear about it.

Thanks so much!

 

[lactationmom]

My brother and SIL live in Murf and love it. They are very mainstream (despite my 'help' ha ha) so I couldn't rec who they go to or what they do. I do know there is a local Holistic Moms Network there and we just started one here in Knoxville and it's a GREAT way to meet other moms and get reccs on docs and such.

Vax exemptions=we have medical and religious in TN. We are claiming religious ex this year with our children (first 2 vaxed with everything, third not at all after we researched, won't be vaxing any of them anymore) and so far, not a problem at all. I will send you the links I have that might help:

www.holisticmoms.org click on 'chapters' then the state of TN then Nashville.

http://www.vaclib.org/exempt/tennessee.htm

We homeschooled 2 years ago and it was great, lots of support groups here in Knox so I bet it's great there also. Someone who is currently homeschooling will be able to help you more than I. Great luck, it's a great state!

 

[DarkHorseMama]

I know MDC user suseyblue is in the M'boro area and she homeschools. There is a fairly large homeschooling community in TN, so I don't think you'll have issues concerning that.

From a vaccination standpoint, my DD was partially vax'ed and my DS has had none. In that case, we simply "omit" the information regarding my DD's shots and have a signed, notarized letter that vaccinations are against our "spiritual beliefs." Cryptic enough to fall under the religious exemption.

Linkies:

http://www.rcs.k12.tn.us/
http://www.tennesseeanytime.org/local/rutherford.html

M'boro traffic can be wretched. It's one of the reasons we moved away from there. I did receive my undergrad degree from MTSU, fwiw.

Out of curiosity, why M'boro? What are you seeking in a community?

 

[ladystarlyn]

I live in Murf. I love it you shouldnt have any trouble with the vax I use religious exempt. We have Vanderbilt childrens hospital in Nashville which is a wonderful hospital and have all sorts of experts.