[bejazd]

This one hits pretty close to home for me, as I live in a semi-rural area where many students are home schooled. There are also 3 public high schools within 2 miles of each other, one of which just went charter. I can understand the many reasons for choosing home schooling- I would not put my child on a school bus (some kids here can be on a bus for up to 3 hours a day!)

I agree with what the judge was trying to do in trying to make sure that home schooled children are actually being educated. I wonder why he didn't enforce something like enrolling the children in their school districts' home school program, which gives the parents some guidelines, offers free textbooks, and can give parents the option of sending their children to a traditional school for just one or two classes.