How Public Schools Lie To Parents and Betray Our Children."

Why Public Schools Hate Home-schooling Parents by Joel Turtel

Home-schooling is a great success. That's why many public-school authorities hate home-schooling parents.

Home-schoolers are a direct challenge to the public-school monopoly. This monopoly makes it almost impossible to fire tenured public-school teachers or principals. As a result, tenure gives most teachers life-time guaranteed jobs. They get this incredible benefit only because public schools have a lock on our children's education.

If public-school employees had to work for private schools and compete for their jobs in the real world, they would lose their security-blanket tenure. That's why school authorities view home-schooling parents who challenge their monopoly as a serious threat.

Many school officials also can't stand the fact that average parents who never went to college give their kids a better education than so-called public-school experts. Successful home-schooling parents therefore humiliate the failed public schools by comparison.

Home-schooling parents also humiliate school authorities who claim that only certified or licensed teachers are qualified to teach children. Most home-schooling parents thankfully never stepped foot inside a so-called teacher college or university department of education. Yet these parents give their children a superior education compared to public-school educated kids.

Also, many public-school officials resent home-schoolers because the typical public school loses about $7500 a year in tax money for each child that leaves the system. Tax money is the life blood of the public-school system. Tax money pays for public-school employees' generous salaries, benefits, and pensions. Is it any wonder why school authorities don't want to lose their gravy train?

For these reasons, until fairly recently, most state legislatures either outlawed homeschooling or tried to strangle it to death with regulations. In 1980, only Utah, Ohio, and Nevada officially recognized parents' rights to homeschool their children. In most other states, legislators continually harassed or prosecuted home-schoolers under criminal truancy laws and educational neglect charges.

By 2004, however, pressure from parents, Christian home-schooling organizations, and recent court rulings pushed all fifty states to enact statutes that allow home-schooling, as long as certain requirements are met. These requirements vary for each state.

In spite of these statutes, many states and school authorities still harass home-schooling parents. That is because the Supreme Court slapped parents in the face when they gave local governments the right to regulate home-schooling. As a result, many home-schooling parents are still harassed by local school officials.

If you are a homeschooling parent, you must know how to protect your legal rights. To do this, you should seriously consider joining the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA). Founded in 1983, HSDLA provides its members with legal representation against local school officials who might harass you, demand to supervise your home-schooling, or demand to periodically test your home-schooled children. You can join at their web site, http://www.hslda.org.

The Rutherford Institute is another well-known organization dedicated to protecting parents' rights and providing legal help to home-schooling parents. Their website is http://www.rutherford.org.

Joel Turtel is the author of "Public Schools, Public Menace: How Public Schools Lie To Parents and Betray Our Children."

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appellant, in his home, cannot be provided the quality of care and level of support and supervision that he needs and the TYC will?

Yo,Peachy King why not tell these misers to put their "truancy" by putting a "matching" facility on the south side (Cine 6) that will meet the needs of the bike riders and skateboarders rec center?

Tru or false?

Lock up instead of physical education, why would an educated attorney ASSume that a government agency would possess the ability to:

"Under the record in this case, we find that the trial court did not err in determining that appellant, in his home, cannot be provided the quality of care and level of support and supervision that he needs to meet the conditions of probation."

Does that eliminate probation and enforces the incarceration with no Ways or means of oversight to insure that "provided the quality of care and level of support and supervision that he needs to meet the conditions of probation."

Hearsay
conjecture
speculation
clairvoyant
provide proof that he was better off,when it all started with "providers" of education or incarceration or "probation"????

What a waste of time this judge made of this child's future, without the insurance that this judge alleges will meet the needs in the "quality of care and level of support"

How is the child going to be "cared for"?


What quality is this judge "quality" defined by?

The same standard she would give for her own child?

I doubt it, with what intent was this child harmed??????

Where is the child's attorney?
















NUMBER 13-04-552-CV



COURT OF APPEALS



THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS



CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

___________________________________________________________________



J.A.W.R., A CHILD, Appellant,



v.



THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee.

___________________________________________________________________



On appeal from the County Court of Refugio County, Texas.

__________________________________________________________________



MEMORANDUM OPINION



Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Hinojosa and Rodriguez

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Rodriguez



Appellant, J.A.W.R., a child, was found to have engaged in delinquent conduct[1] by committing the offense of endangering a child.[2] He was committed to the Texas Youth Commission for an indeterminate period of time not to exceed his twenty-first birthday. In his sole point of error, appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by ordering him committed to the Texas Youth Commission. We affirm. As this is a memorandum opinion and the parties are familiar with the facts, we will not recite them here except as necessary to advise the parties of the Court's decision and the basic reasons for it. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.

I. STANDARD OF REVIEW

A juvenile judge has broad discretion to determine the proper disposition of a child who has been adjudicated as engaging in delinquent behavior. In re K.J.N., 103 S.W.3d 465, 465-66 (Tex. App.BSan Antonio 2003, no pet.). Absent an abuse of discretion, we will not disturb the trial court=s determination. Id. An abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court acts unreasonably or arbitrarily and without reference to guiding rules and principles. Id. The guiding rules and principles in juvenile cases involving commitment outside the child=s home are found in the Texas Family Code. Id.; see Tex. Fam. Code Ann. ' 54.04 (Vernon Supp. 2004-05).

The family code permits a trial judge to commit a child to the Texas Youth Commission if: (1) it is in the child=s best interest to be placed outside the home; (2) reasonable efforts have been taken to prevent or eliminate the need for the child=s removal from the home; and (3) while in the home, the child cannot receive the quality of care and level of support and supervision needed to meet the conditions of probation. Tex. Fam. Code Ann. ' 54.04(i).



II. ANALYSIS

By his sole point of error, appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by ordering appellant committed to the Texas Youth Commission. Specifically, appellant argues that there is no evidence to support the trial court=s finding that Athe child, in the child=s home, cannot be provided the quality of care and level of support and supervision that the child needs to meet the conditions of probation.@[3] We disagree.

At the disposition hearing the State offered into evidence the Predisposition and Social History report prepared by the juvenile department. The recommendation in the report was that appellant be placed outside the home due to his need for more structure and discipline than was being provided by his parents. The report stated that appellant had been unsuccessful on a six-month deferred adjudication and unsuccessful on the subsequent court-ordered probation. Appellant was also unsuccessful on a second court-ordered probation on another cause. He was exhibiting serious signs of mental and emotional instability as well as more serious behavioral problems than in the past. The report also stated that appellant had failed to graduate to the eleventh grade because he did not complete his makeup work or his absences. Appellant had been referred for truancy.

Under the record in this case, we find that the trial court did not err in determining that appellant, in his home, cannot be provided the quality of care and level of support and supervision that he needs to meet the conditions of probation. We therefore conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in committing appellant to the Texas Youth Commission. Appellant=s sole point of error is overruled.

III. CONCLUSION

Accordingly, we affirm the order of the trial court.



NELDA V. RODRIGUEZ

Justice



Memorandum Opinion delivered and

filed this 7th day of July, 2005.



[1] See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. ' 51.03 (Vernon Supp. 2004-05).

[2] See Tex. Pen. Code Ann. ' 22.041(c) (Vernon 2003).

[3] Appellant also argues that the trial court erred in making the following findings: (1) that no community-based intermediate sanction is available to adequately address the needs of the juvenile or to adequately protect the needs of the community; and (2) that the gravity of the offense requires that the juvenile be confined to a secure facility. However, these findings made by the trial court are not required by statute in order to commit a juvenile to the Texas Youth Commission. See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. ' 54.04(i) (Vernon Supp. 2004-05). Therefore, we will not address these findings as our conclusion would not affect the disposition of this appeal.

Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent

Nueces Democrats: We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent


With this precinct I have not a vote however, the County Commissioners are engaged towards progress for our community as a whole.

Dannoynted1:

"Our Large Family attended the "Annual Feast of Sharing" event held at the Bayfront Plaza.

Joe Benavides was one of our servers (i believe he was a soft drink server), and Mrs.Banales also was there with her husband.

I will not talk about the burnt tamale(only I got) but lets just say the mashed potatoes were the best my man says the rolls were the best.

Considering it is election time, I am surprised most politicians were absent. But with the way they rushed you out after you ate, You certainly did not have any time to "network".

The candidates that did attend, I apologize for not mentioning you as I was there only a small window of time..."


It was so different from the last time I went, which with regret, was not last year.

I must say the food was better at the events that cost money."

JK:

We dont know that Joe Benavides will make a better Commissioner than the incumbent but I do know Joe was working and he volunteered out of his commitment to the community. Joe has over the years volunteered and donated his services diligently. One might argue he is only volunteering his time and services because he wants to "get elected".

I dont believe this is the case. I have known Joe for a little over two years and I know his father. In the past, Joe Benavides has run a couple of times for office but, he volunteers regardless of whether he is running or not.

Will Joe Benavides continue to volunteer if he wins?

We can only know after we vote for him.

We do know his incumbent opponent was not volunteering at the Feast of Sharing.

We do know Joe Benavides' incumbent opponent was parading around with her hubby in tow. Was she making a statement? The message IMO was she is not worried about her challenger, she does not take him serious and she is not going to change her routine ways for her constituents. We do not know how she represents her constituency but we do know she is not going to change it.

All we can do is allow Joe Benavides to tell us how is going to represent his constituents.

We can ask him questions and hear his answers.

With Joe Benavides' incumbent opponent we dont have to ask her anything because we have her record to refer to.

The only thing I remember is that, "She could work harder" if she gave herself a pay raise.

I also know she was walking around when she should have been working.

As far as the Family name and integrity, we might should ask the ME about the trangressions.

Ask her about the real reason she decided to run.

Parkdale Bank: Ray Mc Murrey Is From Here, He Still Believes Like It Says In The Intro, "I'll be a straight-shooter & a square-dealer "& He Does "Reme

Parkdale Bank: Ray Mc Murrey Is From Here, He Still Believes Like It Says In The Intro, "I'll be a straight-shooter & a square-dealer "& He Does "Remember The Alamo"

"I'll be as hardy of mind as I am of body. I'll be a straight-shooter and a square-dealer. My family name will be sacred My word will be as good as any contract. I'll remember the Alamo. I'll stick by my friends. And I'll eat more chicken-fried steak."

"We do not win by replacing a corporate Republican with a corporate Democrat," said Mr. McMurrey, speaking to about a dozen supporters at an East Austin residence.

Ray told me this before he spoke at his Official Announcement to run against the Corporate Democratic Military Industrial Complex Candidate for Texas US Senator.

A very passionate candidate who is anything other than a fake or what some like to call a politician.

Ray is not a Politician and this is a very very positive attribute.

Dont get me wrong he is very well suited for the Senate and the diplomacy is there but there is a sternness that demands his respect kind of like the respect and command he possesses in the classroom. I think we can all agree, if he can handle our youth in the classroom he will do well for us in Washington.

Two more things

Remember the Alamo

and

Stay tuned for Jan 2 next year.

"We do not win by replacing a corporate Republican with a corporate Democrat," said Mr. McMurrey, speaking to about a dozen supporters at an East Austin residence.

Ray Mc Murrey is from Corpus Christi.

He tells us upfront of his progressive leanings and his disappointment in both of the Hegemonic Parties.

Hegemony,.... Watch the Movie "Hot Fuzz".

Slavery is relative........I bet education is the lexicon of the Coup d'maitres

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Back to conservatism for the GOP?

Lets separate out the Republican crony corruption from the ideology. What is conservatism? A belief that government has only one job - defending us against other people. No regulation of food, commerce, water, roads or power. No education or healthcare.

The conservative vision leads us to monopolies controlling our infrastructures and our basic needs. Buyer beware when you use that product or eat that meal. The conservative vision leads us to virtual slavery without slavery's basic benefits of food, clothing, shelter and healthcare.

Conservatism means feeling superior to the French, women, people of color, gays, and Hindus. That emotional high is supposed to pay for the lack of a living wage, safe food and water and a fair shake in business transactions.

Are Texans still buying it?

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watt exactly are these carpet(baggers)buyers selling Texans? Justice?


Well a man come on the 6 oclock news
Said somebodys been shot, somebodys been abused
Somebody blew up a building
Somebody stole a car
Somebody got away
Somebody didnt get too far yeah
They didnt get too far

Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in texas
Find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys
Hang them high in the street for all the people to see that

Chorus:

Justice is the one thing you should always find
You got to saddle up your boys
You got to draw a hard line
When the gun smoke settles well sing a victory tune
Well all meet back at the local saloon
Well raise up our glasses against evil forces
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses

We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds
Weve got too much corruption, too much crime in the streets
Its time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground
Send em all to their maker and hell settle em down
You can bet hell set em down cause

Chorus (x2)

CCISD: TAKS (Most Correct Answer): “I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong”

CCISD: TAKS (Most Correct Answer): “I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong”

Need to read the Big Picture Click on Picture for Large Image


“The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.”

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve”

Roger Lewin

“Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.” Charles Handy






“The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.”








“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”

Nueces De La Parra: Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: When the District Attorney has questions and the SOS has cleared the Candidate to run, how can

Corpus Christi Watchdog Authority: When the District Attorney has questions and the SOS has cleared the Candidate to run, how can there be criminal proceedings?

Whichever suits the interest of the "Pick and Choose" self dealers of Del Mar College. The voters made their choice; but it is not the choice of the "Pick and Choose" self dealers, so they whine. Always changing the rules in the middle of the process and calling it due process and they actually believe their own prevarication. It is requested that the AG attend the board meetings and closed sessions in the interest of Del Mar Taxpayers, Faculty and Student body as the AG did in the Kenedy Foundation debacle with Rene Gracida.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Facility director Efrain Gomez is ready to get back to work building community programs available to all ages.

Rec center aims to reach out to everybody in fall

Adult programs planned as kids return to school

By Israel Saenz Caller-Times
August 13, 2006

Martin Sauceda is not quite ready for school to begin.

The Wynn Seale Middle School student has spent his summer walking down the street from his home on Morris Street to the Gonzalez Education and Recreation Center, where he spent his days swimming, hanging out with friends and playing basketball.

Last week he was still sweating from a game before it was time to go home.

"I just like it here because I get to hang out with my friends," said Martin, 12. "And I want to be a basketball player when I grow up."

Martin and the other 170-plus kids the center has attracted daily this summer may not look forward to school starting Monday, but facility director Efrain Gomez is ready to get back to work building community programs available to all ages.

After a summer of providing youth-driven recreation and educational programs, the center has about a month to prepare fall programs the facility has never hosted.

Change has been a constant for the center, which was founded by Dallas businessman Al Gonzalez in 2005.

It switched hands from the Boys & Girls Club to the Gonzalez Education and Recreation Center in May.

Youth activities will continue into the fall, but the start of school brings an opportunity to extend services to adults and senior citizens, Gomez said.

"During the school year, we can reach out to everybody," he said. "We'll be able to have more diverse programs."

So far, a room where General Educational Development courses will take place sits empty, but Gomez said the center will have it ready by early to mid-September for the program's debut.

The center also will offer computer and English literacy courses, as well as swimming, food and nutrition classes to seniors.

Gonzalez has donated between $700,000 and $1 million to the facility, Gomez said, and the center is looking for other sources of money.

"(Gonzalez) wants the community to take ownership and keep the center going," Gomez said.

The center held a boxing tournament fundraiser in late July, and Gomez hopes to raise between $80,000 and $100,000 with a golf tournament in October.

The center also is working with the city of Corpus Christi's Model Block Program, which began with a parade Saturday morning that ended at the facility. In tandem with the program, the center will house a city office and police substation in the center to coordinate the Model Block Program.

Carlos Truan, former state senator and first vice chairman on the center's board of directors, said the center's inclusion in the program could bring in several hundred thousand dollars, and that new fall programs will be a "shot in the arm" for the city's Westside.

"The center is attracting the community as a whole - not just young people," he said. "I think we're going to succeed."

Contact Israel Saenz at 886-3767 or saenzi@ caller.com

The center's founder and financier Al Gonzalez stood in the morning sun rubbing his forearm as he welcomed paraders under a blaring sun.

Block party creates air of unity

Brownlee a focus of city's revitalization plan for $550,000

By Mike Baird Caller Times
August 13, 2006

A siren's blast prompted hundreds of children to parade alongside city leaders on Morris Street to reclaim the Brownlee corridor neighborhood.

"We cheered for the police," said Natalia Valerio, 8, as she waved a small American flag. She's one of dozens of the Corpus Christi Police Athletic League program youth who marched.

"It's 'cause they help people," said her 6-year-old brother Romeo Valerio.

People peeked from the solace of their homes as music blared, and many wandered over to the festival of folks gathering at the Gonzalez Education and Recreation Center.

"This is so beautiful," said nearby resident Josie Lopez, 54, as she walked with her granddaughter into the center's parking lot.

"I'm offering to help," she said. "It's not just for kids. Parents need this hope most."

The center's founder and financier Al Gonzalez stood in the morning sun rubbing his forearm as he welcomed paraders under a blaring sun.

"I'm sweating and still have chills," he said. "This unity between city leaders and residents is unbelievable."

A month ago, the City Council picked the neighborhood bordered by Crosstown Expressway and South Staples, Agnes and Morgan streets as the first target of the city's new Model Block Program aimed at ridding inner-urban decay.

It's a revitalization plan, funded with a $550,000 federal grant, to increase household income, home ownership and the quality of life for the 2,659 residents by binding builders and nonprofit organizations to develop affordable housing. It also aims to clean up and develop the more than 100 vacant lots in the area.

The city is placing an office and police substation in the center to coordinate the Model Block Program, said City Manager Skip Noe.

"A big part of community policing is building a relationship with people to prevent crime," said Police Chief Bryan Smith, as he jockeyed a golf cart into position for the parade. This is a great opportunity for everyone to work together with a common goal of betterment, he said.

More than 160 children daily already find refuge from negative activities at the Gonzalez Center, said Juan Castillo, 71, one of the center's board members.

"It's teaching me the responsibility my mom goes through," said J. D. Mendoza, 14, an incoming freshman at Ray High School who was assigned community service at the center after a problem at school. He finished his required hours by mopping floors, cutting weeds and cleaning up messes in the building left by other youngsters, he said.

"I kept coming back to volunteer because I love it here," J.D. said. "I've worked more than 102 hours in a month."

The Corpus Christi Veterans Band spurred dancing Saturday, while city department representatives discussed water conservation and ecological awareness programs. The center gave out about 300 chili dogs, water and other drinks, and some youngsters signed up for basketball, kickball, martial arts and cheerleading at a Corpus Christi Police Athletic League booth.

Health department officials also gave dozens of free "Back to School" vaccinations.

"Ouch," Bridgett Perez, 14, yelled moments before a small plastic bandage was placed across her left upper arm.

She didn't cry, her older sister Leslie Perez, 15, said while grinning.

"It's wonderful for everyone to pull together to get all the problems out of here," Leslie said of the block party and program. "It's like a good shot in the arm for the whole neighborhood."

Contact Mike Baird at 886-3774 or bairdm@ caller.com