Steve,
We have both Home Schooling and the public schools here also and I am becoming more and more a supporter of the Home Schooling if it is done correctly. For one thing, Redding is a small town but the violence and homicides are getting worse daily. And the schools are getting to the point they are ran by gangs in some instances and the teachers aren't allowed to punish or kick out the little darlings or mom and pop will run and sue them. When I first moved up here, if there was a break in or anything like that it was big news. Now they have so many murders and all types of violence that if you don't kill some politicians kid or some other VIP, it isn't even mentioned. One of the dopers across the street from me stabbed one of the others and tried to kill one of the women that live in that nest of vipers last week and he is already back walking around free. Some old man in a wheel chair was beat to death by a guy in his late 20s because he was bored and mad at his girlfriend. I swear this area is trying its best to mimic San Francisco. And the local Obama chapter wants to know why so many people are buying guns and taking the classes. It is really sad to watch an area that has so much to offer turn into a gang infested and dope ran mess.
Ron