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Hey lady, your mask just slipped

Some anti-choice types just can’t keep all that hostility bottled up:

In December, a Home School Legal Defense Association member family in Fayette County, West Virginia, received a letter from the county’s attendance director. The two-page letter demanded that families complete and return a form declaring whether they intended to use the WESTEST or another standardized achievement test for their end-of-the-year assessment.

Furthermore, the letter demanded that a certified teacher complete and send the school district an invasive, four-page form for families choosing the portfolio evaluation option.

HSLDA called the county’s attendance director. She repeatedly stated that she thought that homeschoolers needed to have more supervision by the school district. At one point, she said, "You’ve heard of third world countries? Well, that is what is happening to West Virginia because of homeschooling." (emphasis added)

Can you feel the love? (Hat tip to Kimberly Swigert, who we’re glad to see is back and blogging up a storm after spending some time at the hospital.)