[hencny] Re: A New Year
- From: "Laurie Callihan" <windyhill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <hencny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 15:16:09 -0400
While the reg Q & A's seem to indicate that students can't participate in
this sort of school activity, the bottom line is that if the school district
allows it - you're in - they basically ignore the regs unless we force them
to follow them in most cases, and while that is inequitable, it remains to
be the way it is. So, your best bet would be to try to find out other cases
like yours that worked out the way you like and bring it to your
school's/NYSSMAs attention - but that doesn't guarantee anything.
Laurie C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen S Roczen" <eroczen@xxxxxxxx>
To: <hencny@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: [hencny] Re: A New Year
>
> Hi Lauri and everyone!
>
> OK, I'm jumping in! I was going to write this privately to Lauri, as
> it's kind of long,
> but maybe it would be of interest to the group.
>
> What's the deal about homeschoolers taking part in credit bearing
> activities in a school? I had been under the impression that according
> to regulations, they couldn't, ( #11, #12, and #19 in the Questions and
> Answers section of the regulations.) That they could only take part in
> extracurricular activities. Is it up to the individual school district?
> A music teacher in Holland Patent explained to me once that homeschooled
> kids couldn't participate in band because it's a half credit course. ( I
> don't remember why we were having the conversation, because I'd never
> intended my children to do any activities in the school.) But I've
> occasionally heard of homeschoolers in other districts participating in
> band. Would that be because in those schools, they don't give a credit
> for band? Is that something that one school would consider credit
> bearing, and another school would consider extracurricular? ( I would
> have thought that would be consistent within all public schools.) Also,
> what about BOCES classes? They'd have to be considered credit bearing,
> wouldn't they? And I know of at least two homeschoolers who attend
> BOCES.
>
> This does have a bearing on a situation that we're in right now. My
> daughter has taken private flute lessons for years, and by the scores she
> received in the Solofest in the spring, she qualified for and wanted to
> be considered for Area All-State Festival in November. According to
> NYSSMA rules, ( New York State School Music Association) any student,
> including homeschooled, has to participate in a certain amount of school
> music programs to be considered for the Festival. I believe that NYSSMA
> is a private organization, but supported by the school districts(!) I
> wrote a letter to their representative in this area, and asked if that
> rule could be waived, as Holland Patent doesn't allow such participation,
> and was told that the NYSSMA rule stands, and it was an issue between us
> and our school district. I've been told there have been homeschoolers
> who have participated in Area All-State, and must have participated in
> their school's music programs, that's why I'm wondering about the above
> questions.
>
> Does anyone have any input or knowledge about any of this?
>
> Thanks, Ellen Roczen
>
>
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