[MD] Barfuesserkirche (ZMM & Dewey)

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Arlo]
foundational philosophy [of education] beginning with the two questions,(1) what is the purpose of education, and (2) is it valuable for the publicto fund it....
Should parents not only have the option to home-school, but 
also have the option to "no-school"? Why? Why not?...[Craig]I think historically the public funding of education followed its being madecompulsory.  I would add this question to the foundation:  (3) are parentsresponsible for the rearing (including education) of their children?  My "yes"answer to (3) is my reason for saying "no school" is not an option.  Similarly,there have been cases where parents wanted to withhold medical treatmentfrom their children (for religious reasons) but the courts said "no treatment"was not an option.Craig