Where do you live? Can you recommend the the best community to move to in Idaho if my priority is to live in a small community just outside a bigger city and I want a strong homeschool community to get together with…
I live in the Boise area. The "BIg Cities" in Idaho are Coeur D Alene (up North by Spokane WA), Lewiston, Boise, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls, and Pocatello. The Boise area, with Meridian, Nampa, Kuna, Eagle, Star, Caldwell..is the largest area in the state with a combined population of about 700,000. Everyone's idea of a bigger city is different, so I'm not sure if the Boise area would feel too big for you or not. There is a strong HS community here, and you could live in Middleton, Kuna, outskirts of Meridian, etc.. I can't speak to the HS communities in the other main areas of Idaho since I don't live there. But I do know all those other main towns in Idaho are much, much smaller than Boise. They also all get a lot more snow than Boise. If you go to my channel videos, you'll see that I am a realtor in the Boise area and I have a ton of videos all about the area and each community so you can see if you think the Boise area, with all it's surrounding towns, may be a fit for you. I do love that Boise is a capitol city, so it was amazing to be able to take out homeschool groups to historical site, the capitol, art and music programs, the science center, the art museum, etc.. very easily as well as other things like the nature centers, zoo, geological field trips with lava fields, snake river canyon, mountains, desert, World center for Birds of Prey, etc... the list goes on and on....
Is it really that easy? We spent all summer trying to move out of Boise which didnt happen. So we have only had the last couple weeks to figure this out. My wife has been told we must get a desk, laptop and e few other things and take pictures of them. And also it is mandatory for 2 hrs a day. Which is doable and reasonable. My father is a retired teachet back in PA and has volunteered to do zoom classes with our son multiple times a week. We are going to his charter school from last year tomorow to disenroll
J RICKNUTS Is that for some sort of online school or are you getting reimbursements through a program to homeschool? I was referring to it being easy to pull your kids out to homeschool and easy to homeschool them with whatever you want. But if you are using some sort of online program provided by the school district or getting funds somehow- then there will be rules to follow.
@@SummerAstonRealEstate no, we just want to straight up homeschool. Their are all these fb pages for it here in the treasure valley and my wife has been on them trying to find info for the past week or 2 and we have heard many different rules. She talked to an ex superintendent from caldwell who said that. I just asker her and he said we SHOULD have a desk, mandatory 2 hrs, and keep a log. I must have misunderstood. Sorry, i have been very busy with everything going on plus work and 3 young sons. This is very new to us. I am just very concerned with what we need to do legally. I was shocked when you said it was that easy. I am not an idaho native but i feel real lucky that i married one lately. We still intend to disenroll him tomorow and try to start around Sept 8th. Thank you for the quick response
@@jricknuts8067 Well, I did homeschool my kids. And I seriously just went to the pubic school they attended and said I was going to pull them out and they were like, "Okay, we will note that in the system" and I said, "that's it?" and they said "yep"..I homeschooled one until just this past year....you can do whatever you want. You can do 15 hour a day of homeschool or 1 hour a day and you do not have to report it to anyone. My kids have done their schoolwork on the couch, outside, in a tent, in the car, in bed, whatever...no desk needed unless you want one. You only need to keep a log if you want one for your own planning and knowledge, you don't have to turn it into anyone. And guess what, with homeschooling, you can start whenever you want-- you don't have to follow the traditional school schedule.
The main two sources that I am aware of are through Overture Learning www.overturelearning.com/ and Tech Trep Academy id.techtrepacademy.com/how-it-works/ Tech Trep's website doesn't explain the full extent of what they offer very well, so call and find out what they do offer. There may be other resources, but those are the two that I have used and most of my other homeschooling friends have tried. The money is free (comes out of your tax dollars I guess, as it acts as an online public charter school in a way), but because you get money, you do have to be accountable to turn in work samples, turn in lesson plans to show you are teaching the state standards, and they do not reimburse for religious curriculum, and your kids have to go to the local school once a year for standardized tests. They do reimburse you for all kinds of things like music lessons, sports classes, a computer, other curriculum, etc... But if you want to be truly free to choose to homeschool however you want with no government money (and rules) attached, then you can just simply homeschool and not get the $ from these programs. Also, they do not give you the $ upfront, you have to turn in receipts at certain times of the year and you get reimbursed.
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Where do you live? Can you recommend the the best community to move to in Idaho if my priority is to live in a small community just outside a bigger city and I want a strong homeschool community to get together with…
I live in the Boise area. The "BIg Cities" in Idaho are Coeur D Alene (up North by Spokane WA), Lewiston, Boise, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls, and Pocatello. The Boise area, with Meridian, Nampa, Kuna, Eagle, Star, Caldwell..is the largest area in the state with a combined population of about 700,000. Everyone's idea of a bigger city is different, so I'm not sure if the Boise area would feel too big for you or not. There is a strong HS community here, and you could live in Middleton, Kuna, outskirts of Meridian, etc.. I can't speak to the HS communities in the other main areas of Idaho since I don't live there. But I do know all those other main towns in Idaho are much, much smaller than Boise. They also all get a lot more snow than Boise. If you go to my channel videos, you'll see that I am a realtor in the Boise area and I have a ton of videos all about the area and each community so you can see if you think the Boise area, with all it's surrounding towns, may be a fit for you. I do love that Boise is a capitol city, so it was amazing to be able to take out homeschool groups to historical site, the capitol, art and music programs, the science center, the art museum, etc.. very easily as well as other things like the nature centers, zoo, geological field trips with lava fields, snake river canyon, mountains, desert, World center for Birds of Prey, etc... the list goes on and on....
Is it really that easy? We spent all summer trying to move out of Boise which didnt happen. So we have only had the last couple weeks to figure this out. My wife has been told we must get a desk, laptop and e few other things and take pictures of them. And also it is mandatory for 2 hrs a day. Which is doable and reasonable. My father is a retired teachet back in PA and has volunteered to do zoom classes with our son multiple times a week. We are going to his charter school from last year tomorow to disenroll
J RICKNUTS Is that for some sort of online school or are you getting reimbursements through a program to homeschool? I was referring to it being easy to pull your kids out to homeschool and easy to homeschool them with whatever you want. But if you are using some sort of online program provided by the school district or getting funds somehow- then there will be rules to follow.
@@SummerAstonRealEstate no, we just want to straight up homeschool. Their are all these fb pages for it here in the treasure valley and my wife has been on them trying to find info for the past week or 2 and we have heard many different rules. She talked to an ex superintendent from caldwell who said that. I just asker her and he said we SHOULD have a desk, mandatory 2 hrs, and keep a log. I must have misunderstood. Sorry, i have been very busy with everything going on plus work and 3 young sons. This is very new to us. I am just very concerned with what we need to do legally. I was shocked when you said it was that easy. I am not an idaho native but i feel real lucky that i married one lately. We still intend to disenroll him tomorow and try to start around Sept 8th. Thank you for the quick response
@@jricknuts8067 Well, I did homeschool my kids. And I seriously just went to the pubic school they attended and said I was going to pull them out and they were like, "Okay, we will note that in the system" and I said, "that's it?" and they said "yep"..I homeschooled one until just this past year....you can do whatever you want. You can do 15 hour a day of homeschool or 1 hour a day and you do not have to report it to anyone. My kids have done their schoolwork on the couch, outside, in a tent, in the car, in bed, whatever...no desk needed unless you want one. You only need to keep a log if you want one for your own planning and knowledge, you don't have to turn it into anyone. And guess what, with homeschooling, you can start whenever you want-- you don't have to follow the traditional school schedule.
@@SummerAstonRealEstate thank you. 🙏
Where do I get free money for homeschooling?
The main two sources that I am aware of are through Overture Learning www.overturelearning.com/
and Tech Trep Academy
id.techtrepacademy.com/how-it-works/
Tech Trep's website doesn't explain the full extent of what they offer very well, so call and find out what they do offer. There may be other resources, but those are the two that I have used and most of my other homeschooling friends have tried. The money is free (comes out of your tax dollars I guess, as it acts as an online public charter school in a way), but because you get money, you do have to be accountable to turn in work samples, turn in lesson plans to show you are teaching the state standards, and they do not reimburse for religious curriculum, and your kids have to go to the local school once a year for standardized tests. They do reimburse you for all kinds of things like music lessons, sports classes, a computer, other curriculum, etc... But if you want to be truly free to choose to homeschool however you want with no government money (and rules) attached, then you can just simply homeschool and not get the $ from these programs. Also, they do not give you the $ upfront, you have to turn in receipts at certain times of the year and you get reimbursed.
Nice video.😊
Thanks so much!