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How can I challenge my child's high school for not letting him graduate because they won't accept home school?

  • My childs has special needs and I felt he was falling behind at shool. I pulled him for a year to help him get caught up in the areas he was struggling. I have re-enrolled him, but they will not allow him to graduate. He tests higher than a third of the students on the ACT and test about average on the state exam (MEAP). It seems they have a vendetta against home school. I have talked with the vice principal, principal, and superintendent. They have been misleading in statements and unwilling to change. What steps should I take and who should I contact to allow my child to graduate from the high school. Other schools may allow him to graduate, but when I asked him about attending another school, he said he would rather stay at the high school that he had attended. I have had 3 other children graduate from the school with honors, and have 3 others that will attend the school as well. We are in Macomb county, MI

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    If he has special needs, he may be on what is considered a modified program. If so, he will not be able to graduate, but may be entitled to a certificate of completion. You cannot expect the school to treat your child as though he has been attending that school when he has not. The legalities and ramifications of your home-schooling as they pertain to graduation should have been checked out before you decided to home school him. I would contact the Board of Education and find out why, exactly, the school will not graduate him, and deal with that. He might have to wait a year or be more flexible and change schools.

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I would start by contacting your States Board of Education. They should help you.

to_sassy4_u

Go to court. Thats discrimination its time to go to court! You have a case because your child is being discriminated against because he is home schooled and he has special needs.

I would start with the local Board of Education and if that doesn't work, contact the State Board of Education. Home-schooling works, and the child shouldn't be penalized if his test scores are on par with his peers.

kc_warpaint

I think you have a vendetta against the schools because they don't think your home instruction meets the standards that every other high school graduate must meet. Get the chip off your shoulder and talk calmly to them what deficiencies he must clear to graduate.

Rich Z

That is unfair, I would send him to take the GED, at least he could get a diploma if you think he is ready for the Ged test.

judy_derr38565

try higher ups then the principal. or school boards and try the mayor of the town. home school should be the same as the school. keep fighting dont give in !!

kmcglidden

Are you tyalking about graduating or Actually walking? If it's walking I doubt they can do anything about that because your son did not attend that school for long enough. He does not have credits with it. As for graduation if they don't give him a diploma for all his work then they are just doofs :p

bueko

You child needs to understand that, a year after graduation, no one cares what high school is on that diploma. Find a high school that will graduate him. Do NOT do the GED, as this will limit his options in the future, starting with military service and college. In Michigan, tons of parents home school, and I'm suprised that you haven't been part of such a group. I have to wonder how you managed to home-school w/o their assistance. If your kid is doing that well, is he college-bound? If the college accepts his academic work and has accepted him, perhaps that will add to your evidence pile as well. Finally, go to the press. They love a good story of public officials that are stuck on stupid.

geek49203

Find out what the state requires, then get yourself a decent civil rights attorney. The fact is that if your son has what he needs to graduate (obviously he does if other area schools are willing to let him participate in graduation) then they are violating his rights. I had an issue with my son's HS and in the end all it took was a call from my attorney to theirs to make a plan and set it in motion. The lawyer didn't charge me a penny and the school chose to avoid an "issue". Good luck.

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