Yet, the perception remains even today that these are children in isolation, learning God knows what. But that’s hardly the case; they have every opportunity as their peers in public school. If mom or dad isn’t comfortable with a subject, then some other mom or dad in their homeschool alliance probably is. Homeschool World, a magazine dedicated to home education, on its website lists 85 homeschool alliances throughout Florida; there are at least two in Marion — Christian Home Educators Association and Home Education After Righteous Teaching, or HEART.

Or, there’s the free Marion Virtual School, an online “campus” with dozens of academic courses taught by local certified teachers; it’s a franchise of the Florida Virtual School, its statewide counterpart. But Marion Virtual offers a diploma, Archibald says.

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