HOMESCHOOL INFORMATION

Homeschool parents do everything that traditional private school administrators and teachers do but in the context of their home. This means planning what students learn, keeping all records, managing costs, and assuring the quality and scope of their student's education for college recruiters and employers. Students graduate from homeschools with homeschool diplomas and homeschool transcripts, just as they would from other private schools.

In accordance with Minnesota state law, Warroad Public Schools is required to ensure that all school-age children living within the district’s boundaries are being educated. The district’s primary role is to provide the necessary information and forms to each homeschool for compliance and documentation. The district has no educational records of students who have been homeschooled. Likewise, the district does not verify or certify any homeschool diploma or transcript.

HOMESCHOOL REGISTRATION

The following information is mandatory and must be submitted to the District Office by October 1 of each year. If complete information is not received, the district must report the homeschool as "not compliant" in its report to the state of Minnesota:

Existing Homeschool Students

Families must submit a Letter of Intent to Continue to Provide Instruction to the superintendent's office by October 1 of each year after a full report has been filed in the same district. Do NOT mail to the Minnesota Department of Education.

Fill out an Immunization Form if your child has new immunizations to report since last school year. For your convenience, an immunization form is attached to the letter of intent to continue to provide instruction.

New Homeschool Students

The person or nonpublic school in charge of providing instruction to a child must submit a Full Report to the Superintendent of the school district where the child resides. Information in the full report must be submitted:

  • Within 15 days of when a parent withdraws a child from public school after age seven to provide instruction in a nonpublic school that is not accredited by a state-recognized accrediting agency

  • Within 15 days of moving out of a district

  • By October 1 after a new resident district is established

Submit the Letter of Intent to Continue to Provide Instruction by October 1 in subsequent years.

Paperwork can be emailed, faxed, mailed or dropped off in person to:

Trish Gausen
Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent
Warroad Public Schools, District Office
510 Cedar Ave | Warroad, MN 56763
Fax: 218-386-1909
Email: 
trish_gausen@warroadschools.org

Enrollment Changes

If your child was previously enrolled in Warroad Public Schools and will not be homeschooled, please inform the school. If you re-enroll your child in school, please inform Trish Gausen at 218-386-6099 that you are no longer homeschooling.