A New Appreciation for Home Schools

Sep 28, 2012

In July we mailed open ended surveys to the registered home schools in Haywood County.  Through the years we have noticed that a number of families move their children between home school and public school.  Some families have one child who is home schooled and one who attends public school.  Other home school exclusively.  Our primary purpose for sending the surveys was to gain insight that might help us serve these families better.   We were primarily trying to gain a better understanding of “why” people choose to home school.  The results were refreshing and insightful.

We mailed 453 open ended surveys.  There was one “yes” or “no” question, “Is this Home School planning to serve students during the 2012-13 school year?”  Then there was an open ended opportunity for people to describe ...

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