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March 29, 2004
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GET A NEW THSC T-SHIRT!
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TEN COMMANDMENTS RALLY IN DALLAS
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2004 THSC STATE SPEECH AND DEBATE
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2004 PATRIOT ACADEMY REGISTRATION
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PARIS SUPPORT GROUP MEETING
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THSC DEFENDS HOMESCHOOLERS IN
WEATHERFORD
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Dallas Convention Center in
650 S. Griffin St.
Dallas, TX 75202
Saturday, April 3rd, 10 a.m. - 2
p.m.
THSC has been asked to pass along this
information to Texas home schoolers. This would be
a great GOOD CITIZENSHIP activity for your home
school group to attend together. Call toll free at
(866) 228-1900 and MENTION THSC to reserve
COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS!!
*The following
information is excerpted from the
advertisement.
"It's time to STAND UP
and STOP liberal judges that have:
* Shredded
our constitutional rights to proclaim
our
religious beliefs publicly
* Stripped
prayer from schools
* Removed historical
symbols and religious
expression from national
landmarks
* Created an artificial wall of
separation between
church and state
* Torn
down nativity scenes and crosses in
town
squares
* Abused the power of the bench
by making changes
in our laws protecting
religious liberties"
In addition to the
speakers listed below, Christian recording artist,
Natalie Grant, will also be appearing.
Rally Speakers:
* Roy Moore, Former
Chief Justice of Alabama who
was removed from
office for displaying the Ten
Commandments in
the Alabama Judicial Building,
and for being
unwilling to refrain from using the Lord's
name in his courtroom
* Alan Keyes, United
Nations Ambassador
Hear testimonies of
victims of liberal judges, and feel the passion of
this injustice.
Other appearances by:
*
Tim Wildmon, American Family Association
* Dr.
Rick Scarborough, Vision America
* Tony
Perkins, Family Research Council
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In February, a member
informed THSC Association of the withdrawal policy
of Weatherford ISD. The school district had a
policy that required families to present their
curriculum to the school district for approval in
order to withdraw them for homeschooling; failure
to do so would result in truancy charges.
THSC Association president, Tim Lambert,
took action and contacted the principal of
Weatherford ISD in writing, informing him of the
law regarding the requirements to homeschool in
the state of Texas and requesting that he bring
his policy into compliance with the law and TEA
guidelines. To read Mr. Lambert's letter to
Weatherford ISD, go to:
http://www.thsc.org/Update.1-4.04/3-01-04.htm
Jim
Vaszauskas of the Weatherford Ninth Grade Center
responded with a letter stating that the
attendance clerk and the assistant principals did
not recall such an occurrence at the Ninth Grade
Center and that was not their policy. His
conclusion was that THSC had been "misinformed."
To read Mr. Vaszauskas's letter, go to:
http://www.thsc.org/news_and_resources/Update2004.1-4.asp
THSC
sent a second letter to Weatherford ISD verifying
that the information received was from a credible
source.
Bill Shatford, Assistant
Superintendent, Administration & Human
Resources, phoned the THSC office Monday, March
22, to assure Mr. Tim Lambert that neither the
policy nor procedure of the Weatherford ISD
requires that parents wishing to homeschool submit
their curriculum for approval. He also asked that
THSC contact him of such reports in the future and
assured he would personally correct the situation.
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