No More Public School
(Page 4 of 7)
July/August 1972
By H. Bennett
HOW TO PICK A PRIVATE SCHOOL
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Now let's consider putting your child in an existing private school. There are two kinds of private schools to consider:
• approved private schools
• non-approved private schools.
An approved school is one that is duly registered with the authorities. A non-approved school is one which is not registered with the authorities: i.e., an underground school.
But remember, approval or non-approval of a school by the authorities will not determine that the school is or isn't a good place for children. There are bad approved schools just as there are good non-approved ones, and vice versa, of course.
In the eyes of the authorities, sending your child to an approved private school is just as acceptable as sending him to a public school. You will never tangle with the compulsory education laws if your child is enrolled in an approved private school.
The compulsory education laws do not specify which approved private school your child must attend. If you cannot find or afford a private school you will accept, or if you really don't care to try, you can set one up for yourself. That's what this book is about.
If you put your child in a non-approved school, do so with the knowledge that you are violating the compulsory education laws in the same way that you would be doing if you did not have your child in school at all. Depending on the community you live in, the authorities may do one or more of the following:
• avoid you so they won't have to do anything about you
• fine you
• slap a child neglect complaint on you, which can mean that they will assign a social worker or probation officer to your case in order to make certain that you educate your child in the "proper manner"
• just warn you.
Most likely, they'll do the latter. Rap with people in your community who have had experience with this, and find out what the specific risks will be.
PAPER SCHOOLS
Some people in California file the necessary papers with the state to become recognized as a private school. Then they do nothing more to meet state or local standards. If authorities ask where their children are, the paper school people say that they're in the process of putting together a private school—which is properly registered with the state—and the children are registered in that school. Most paper school people do keep attendance, since that's one of the big concerns of the public school people who come around to ask questions.
In California, all private schools which have once filed their papers with the state will receive renewal notices the following year. Paper school people who know they can't meet local or state standards send the renewal back with the comment that they've gone out of business.
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