I appreciate Lyndalyn’s hope, referring to homeschoolers in the state, that “these families will continue to stay abreast of the political issues facing government education, and elect members to the General Assembly who will mandate change.” But as part of home schooling family that for 9 years attended dozens of home school conventions, support group meetings, home school science fairs and talent shows, and home school graduation ceremonies I learned a lot about home school families and how they view education. This is not in any way meant to disparage home schoolers, who I have a great deal of respect for, but in large part they view themselves as having withdrawn from the system to “do there own thing.” The policies that government schools adopt or how they operate, so long as it does not impinge on the freedom of home schoolers, has ceased to be of great concern. For the most part home schoolers are part of what Grover Norquist used to call the “leave me alone coalition.” For home schoolers, and this is a view that I share, education should be a personal and family issue and not public policy issue. This is why I don’t think that home educators will ever become a voting block for school reform issues more generally.