Home-School Application - Fall River Public Schools

Student's Namerequired

First Name

Last Name

Student's Date of Birth:required

Must contain a date in M/D/YYYY format

Student's City and State of Birth:required

Student's Country of Birth:required

Parent/Guardian Name (1)required

First Name

Middle (optional)

Last Name

Parent/Guardian (1) Phone Number:required

Parent/Guardian (1) Email Address:required

Parent/Guardian (1) Address:required

House Number and Street Name

City, State, Zip Code

Parent/Guardian Name (2)

First Name

Middle

Last Name

Parent/Guardian (2) Phone Number:

Parent/Guardian (2) Email Address:

Parent/Guardian (2) Address:

House Number and Street Name

City, State, Zip Code

Name of School Child Currently Attends:required

Is your child on an Individual Education Plan or 504 Plan?required

Yes

If your child currently receives Special Education Services, do you wish to continue receiving Special Education Services?required

Yes

My child currently does not receive Special Education Services

If your child has an IEP and you wish your child to continue to receive IEP services, please contact the administrator at your assigned school.

For students new to Fall River Public Schools, please provide proof of residence in the form of a utility bill or a copy of a lease or mortgage for the parent/guardian of the child.

1. Approval of a home-school program must be obtained in advance of the removal of a child /children from public schools and before the commencement of the home-schooling program.

2. Fall River Public Schools will provide the parent/guardian with an opportunity to explain their proposed plan or present witnesses on their behalf.

3. The parent/guardian bears the responsibility of demonstrating that the home school proposal demonstrates that the instruction will be equal in thoroughness and efficiency to that which is made available in Fall River Public Schools.

4. Fall River Public Schools may request standardized testing to determine that the progress made by home-schooled students is equal in thoroughness and efficiency to that in the Fall River Public Schools.

At the close of each school year, please send a letter briefly summarizing your child’s academic progress and your intentions for the following school year.

*If addresses are different, please indicate which parent/guardian has primary custody or, if joint custody, please provide a schedule of parenting time at the end of this application

Home School Based Programming

If you are using a guided curriculum program (example: Time4Learning) please list below.

Program Name:

Guide for Designing/Describing Home Schooling Curriculum

The Fall River Public School's curricula follow the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks (http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html).

The following sections are optional, but some parents/guardians might find this useful in designing and/or describing the curriculum for their child/children. A curriculum must be submitted for each child who will be educated at home.

Teacher(s) – parent(s) or other(s):

First Name

Last Name

Teacher qualifications:

Teacher(s) – parent(s) or other(s):

First Name

Last Name

Teacher qualifications:

Subject/Content Area & Hours Daily or Weekly

This section is optional.

For this next section, please list titles and publishers of textbooks, workbooks, and/or other instructional aids to be used for each subject to be taught. (Attached additional information if necessary)

Not all subjects need to be taught each year and parents/guardians have the option of augmenting these subjects. For more information on subjects by grade year, please see the above sited Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks web page.

English Language Arts