Homeschooling

I homeschool my oldest son. He had attended a public school until this year. I "pulled" him for many reasons but mostly because I think the public school was not giving him the education that he needed. He is a smart child, advanced in science & math. The public school didn't want to accelerate him- in other words give him the education he needed. I tried to work with the school before I withdrew him. I gave them another year- I had a meeting with the principal. She said certain educational things would happen that year, which didn't happen. So I felt I had no choose but to withdraw him.

Since withdrawing him from public school I have heard from many families who felt the same way (that their child wasn't getting the education he/she needed) and have also withdrawn their children. I would LOVE to do a survey on families who withdrew their children from public elementary school and are now either homeschooling them or sending them to private school. I would ask if they did so because they felt that their child wasn't being challenged acedemically. I would think that as a school board, especially with the financial crisis right now, you would want to know why families are withdrawing their children. This would be an interesting survey.