Part-time Homeschool/Part-time Public School arrangements, especially in NY

Pre-College Issues Home Schooling and College
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<p>Hi,
I'm a part-time homeschooler in the West, and mentioned this briefly in a thread on the Prep School Admisssions forum. I got a PM from a mom who lives in NY and was interested to learn how I had gotten my local school district to go along with a part-time enrollment for my 8th grader. (I had NO problem whatsoever, the administrators and teachers have been phenomenal to work with, and this has been an amazing academic and social year for my son as a result.)</p>

<p>Basically, my son goes to a gifted magnet school where students take 8 classes per term and attend four classes every other day. So, if you have Classes A-H, a student attends classes A-D one day for an hour and a half each, then attends classes E-H the following day, and so on. Because of this set-up, it is easy for my son to take four classes with his friends at school one day, and work on four classes outside of school on the other days.</p>

<p>After her PM, I became curious, do any of you New Yorkers know of the ability to set up a similar arrangement in your state? Say, attend half of the classes at school in the morning, then come home at lunch for the rest of the day? Or go to school every other day? Anything like that?</p>

<p>Thanks! Can't wait to hear of your experiences...</p>

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<p>Not from NY, but homeschoolers can take classes part-time at public schools here in OR. I know at least part of the issue is how state funding is set up for public schools. It varies by state. Some states compensate schools with public funding based on instructiuonal hours. When that is the case, a part-time student would be accounted for <em>per hour</em> of class time, so the school can be compensated for their instructional time. In other states funding is on something resembling a <em>per student</em> basis (meaning, full-time regular students), so for a school to let a homeschooler attend classes on a selective basis, would mean they can’t be compensated for providing services to that student.</p>

<p>Anyway, it gets a lot more complicated than that… but that’s one element.</p>

<p>NY is pretty widely held to be a less-than-ideal state in which to homeschool.</p>

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<p>I have asked a private school in NY to take my daughter on a part time basis. They are open to the idea but have questions and would like to talk to a school that has done it. Would you be able to provide me me with the name and phone number of a school.</p>