Winter 2020

School
@ Home
The pandemic has upended virtually
every aspect of life; including work,
recreation, and school. For many of us,
everything (or at least most things) are
now done at, or from, home. And for our
children, that includes school, so many
be, of course). There are people,
organizations and resources that can
help them set up and operate their
home-school and join with other
home-schooling families. One such
person is Jean Kulczyk, M.Ed
parents are, for the time-being, in effect,
home-schooling.
Jean has expertise and resources to
help families who home-school children
However, parents whose children are
enrolled in their district’s public schools
and are doing remote learning because
that’s the only option their district
currently offers are not home-schooling
per se. Home-schooling families are
those who have made a voluntary choice
to home-school their children and f
ollow the guidelines from the state
related to home-schools (which are
with special needs, or are considering
home-schooling. She wrote a Q & A
article about home-schooling a child
who has special needs, which is featured
on a home-schooling website,
www.illinoishouse.org/special-needs.
Other pages on the website address laws
& regulations, historic cases, and how to
locate home-schooling support groups
and resources.
considered private schools).
Jean Kulczyk can be reached by phone
Home-schooling families are not just
left on their own (unless they want to
at 847-662- 5432 or by email at
advocate4kids@gmail.com. M
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