Minutes

New Hampshire Homeschooling Coalition Quarterly Board Meeting

Date: December 18, 2010
Canterbury, New Hampshire Time: 9:00 a.m.
The regularly scheduled meeting of the New Hampshire Homeschooling Coalition was called to order at 9:05 a.m.
The following representatives and HEAC members were present: Jane Grady, Julee Katzman, Amy Gall, Jenny Courser, Wendy Bisbee, Kim Burke, Shawn Donahue, Erin Groudas, and HEAC Representative Chris Hamilton.
October 16, 2010 minutes accepted by general consent.
Officers’ Reports:
• Coordinator: Submitted.
• Secretary: Submitted.
• Treasurer: Submitted.
• Next Meeting Date: March 19, 2010
Old Business:
• Guidebook Revision Committee Report: The update is nearly finished; the committee just needs to go through it one more time to edit minor details.
• Spring Workshop:
o It was decided to not send workshop flyers to libraries via the state van any longer.
o The board chose to shorten the lunch break at the workshop, so the day would end at 2:30.
o It was decided that a round table discussion would be held during the lunch break for parents of special needs students.
o Kim Burke and Wendy Bisbee volunteered to handle online registration.
o Julee Katzman will order catalogs and bring them to the workshop.
o Kim Burke will help Jane post signs the day of the workshop.
o Erin Groudas will make new signs.
o Everyone should be thinking of possible panelists, and email the board list in the coming weeks with any ideas.
HEAC Report:
A Rules Subcommittee has been formed to review any rules that need updating from all the recent law changes. Heather Wheeler is a new HEAC member. There was discussion about a principal who said public school sports teams are allowed to have no more than 10% of their team comprised of homeschooled students. A school in Milford, Light of the World, closed, but is still acting as a Participating Agency.

New Business:
• Jane Grady brought brochures about financial planning for teens from Southern New Hampshire University to distribute.
• Erin Groudas volunteered to process guidebook orders, and mail them as needed.
• Chris Hamilton reviewed impending bills that could affect homeschooling families, if adopted.
District Representative Reports:
District 1 – Julee Katzman: Reported on a call she had helping a mother of a son with Asperger’s syndrome.
District 6 – Kim Burke: Reported on a call with a mother whose child had missed a lot of school, and she had questions about homeschooling.
District 3 – Amy Gall: Reported on a conversation with a mother who had been homeschooling during her child’s preschool years, and then went on to homeschool during first grade without reporting.
The meeting adjourned at 10:40 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jenny Courser