Sfcs-homestudy.org
Title
Alternative Education Homeschooling Resource - Homeschooling Resources - Homeschooling Curriculum
Contact
- Abernethy United Methodist Church
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- Asheville NC
- US 28806
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- +1.8282542612
Description
As the FIRST alternative school in the WORLD to offer home study credit through correspondence for grades K-12, enrollment of students who study at home actually began at SFCS in 1974, when the political climate for educational alternatives was not at all favorable. Under heavy fire from state agencies seeking to limit parental choice only to government-regulated programs, SFCS sued the New Mexico State Board of Education and won a unanimous NM Supreme Court decision in 1975 which stated:
Subsequently, through our membership in the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools (NCACS), SFCS encouraged other member schools to incorporate such a homeschooling service in their schools, and many did. (A DIRECTORY of alternative schools is available , postage paid , for $16.00 from NCACS, 1266 Rosewood, Unit 1 Ann Arbor MI 48104-6205.) Having won the legal right NOT to be accredited by the State Board of Education, SFCS was instrumental in creating both a regional accrediting agency for alternative schools in the southwest -- the Rio Grande Education Association (RGEA) -- and a national accreditation agency for member schools of the NCACS -- the National Association for the Legal Support of Alternative Schools (NALSAS).
Ed Nagel, who is now our principal, was then one of the founders of the homeschooling movement and was a Charter member of the National Homeschooling Association (NHA), former Chair and National Office Manager of the National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools (NCACS).
