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branwyn · 09-05-2004, 06:39 PM

andy and i are looking into adoption and are also thinking about fostering but we are concerned about how DFCS feels about our homeschooling our own children. can you homeschool foster children? has anyone had any experience in this area?

thanks,
bran
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lamade · 09-05-2004, 11:12 PM

We are not homeschooling; however, we were told that any foster children we have would have to attend public school (I guess, unless we wanted to pay and send them to private school). No homeschooling, period.

Kerrilynn62000 · 09-05-2004, 11:28 PM

I am in Ontario, Canada & homeschool my children. The oldest (14) has chosen to start high-school in a couple of days. The rest will still be home-schooled. I have 2 foster dds & they "have" to go to school. I do know families who fostered and then when they adopted the children they took them out of school & they are now home-schooled.

I do know our "worker" wanted to know how we would deal with questions from our foster children regarding home-schooilng & why they had to go to school. I said we would tell them the truth and that is just the way things had to be.

There have been recent cases in Ontario where children were taken away & the "reason" was because the parents were home-schooling. But I know other home-schooling families who do foster!! I figure if I am already a foster parent then I don't have to worry about some silly lady in the grocery store calling CAS on me for not having my kids in school & at the store instead since CAS will "know" who I am. LOL!!

We have foster a 9 & 12 year old so they are in school during the day when we are "home-schooling". Our kids learn at their own level, pace & how they want.

Kerri, mom to Amanda(14), Emma(12), B(11,foster dd), Maddison(10),J(9,foster dd), Jonah(7), Saige & Claire( 4, ID twin dds) & baby boy Teagan(11mos)

branwyn · 09-06-2004, 07:28 PM

cool, so most likely its okay for us to still hs our children. thanks mamas

grisandole · 09-08-2004, 12:15 AM

Hi! I'm in AZ, and we foster and are hoping to adopt. It actually asks on the state application what you think your responsibilites are as a foster parent regarding making sure a foster child receives proper education, including homeschooling! We were homeschooling, but aren't now, and were told that most foster kids would need to go to ps, but could ask on a case-by-case basis..........

Kristi

lassie · 09-12-2004, 04:24 PM

AFAIK foster kids cannot be homeschooled. I wouldn't think it would be a problem to homeschool your own kids though. And shouldn't be a problem for adoption either unless you just happen to get a caseworker who is very openly opposed to homeschooling. I would think the law's onyour side though.