The offerings should supplement what the home-school parents are doing, but they shouldn't go beyond the public school setting. It's not an equitable situation.

I think it's counter to the mission of the public schools to run the (home-school) programs.

Parents need to reinforce at home what is being worked on at school.

When we sent the note home to the parents we indicated that this was something that had affected our school community, and that one of our students had leukemia and had been treated for it.

Her 11-year old son came home from school first and found her. He called 911.

We think that kids are better off with their parents if they can remain safely in their home. What we had before us in 2004 was an allegation of neglect. It was investigated. It was substantiated and the family was provided services.