The mom’s story doesn’t pass the sniff test.
Sorry, but I don’t buy this story. I’m betting there is another side to this story.
Let's see, she kept the affidavit that she signed and threw away the confirmation that makes her case. Then she says that she has received an exemption this year. It sounds like more than a fax confirmation. Obviously she didn't get one last year and never followed up as to why. She's been homeschooling for ten years,. Homeschooling is not being attacked, her actions are.
There is a good chance that this woman is in over her head. Four or five kids and probably not much of a support system, until now. Hopefully she can get the help she needs to pull it together.
Well, we can't know from this end - but I had an organization that fought these Gestapo Agents from the government indoctrination schools for many years - we WON. And in Maine, you don't even need 'permission' to home school - indeed, you don't legally need it in any state - the Supreme Court so ruled...
and I suspicion you haven't been too involved in the issue?