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Interesting occurrence in Kentucky or? |
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By: Amadeus Date: May 9, 2015, 7:40 pm |
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[font=courier]I just notice this story on another forum. I was |
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unable to get any details as to Kentucky's side of it.[/font] |
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http://www.talkjesus.com/threads/kentucky-police-seize-ten-children-of-homescho… |
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Article below from |
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http://www.inquisitr.com/2075629/why-did-this-off-the-grid-homeschooling-kentuc… |
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[quote]A Kentucky family that practices an �off-the-grid� and |
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�back-to-basics� lifestyle, and whose kids are homeschooled, has |
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had their ten kids taken by the state�s child protective |
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services for reasons that are not clear, Raw Story is reporting. |
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The Naugler family of Breckenridge County, Kentucky (about an |
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hour south of Louisville) lives in a cabin on a 10-acre farm. |
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They call their lifestyle �back to basics,� according to a |
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website set up to help the family. |
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�Joe and Nicole Naugler live on a homestead in rural Kentucky. |
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They live a very simple life. They garden and raise animals. |
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They are industrious people trying to teach their children how |
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to live right. They have ten children who are homeschooled on |
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the homestead. They contribute to the success of the family |
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crops and livestock, all while learning about the amazing beauty |
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of life.� |
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Most importantly, they practice what they refer to as |
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�un-schooling.� Un-schooling is a form of homeschooling in which |
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children follow no set teaching schedule and no set curriculum � |
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the children direct their learning, with little direction from |
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the parents. |
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For the Naugler family, that means that the children learn |
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through �natural experiences� � play, travel, working on the |
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farm, and learning on their own. |
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The Kentucky family believes that they were targeted by the |
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state because of their un-schooling. Officially, however, |
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Kentucky�s child protective services showed up at the family�s |
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home to take custody of the kids because of an �anonymous |
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complaint.� |
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On Wednesday, Breckenridge County Sheriff�s deputies showed up |
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at the family home and, according to the family, entered the |
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home without a warrant and without probable cause. Eventually, |
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all ten of the family�s children were taken into state custody, |
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while mom Nicole � who is five months pregnant and who claims |
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she was slammed abdomen-first into a police car � was taken to |
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jail. |
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As Raw Story writer Travis Gettys notes, we may never know why |
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the State of Kentucky chose to round up the Kentucky family�s |
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ten kids into state custody; by necessity, child abuse |
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complaints and related proceedings are almost always kept secret |
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in order to protect children�s privacy. |
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But friends of the Kentucky family believe they were targeted |
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because of their �free range� lifestyle and, more specifically, |
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because of their practice of un-schooling. |
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As of this post, Nicole Naugler has been freed from jail, while |
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her ten kids remain in state custody. It is not clear when the |
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Kentucky family will be given a chance to argue their case in |
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court and be allowed to convince authorities to give them |
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custody of their kids again.[/quote] |
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#Post#: 1837-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Interesting occurrence in Kentucky or? |
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By: Kerry Date: May 9, 2015, 9:52 pm |
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The allegations on the other side can be found here -- if there |
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is any validity to this site: |
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http://kathrynbrightbill.com/post/118481565656/here-are-7-surprising-things-you… |
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According to that site, the children would not have been removed |
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over the "unschooling" since that is legal under Kentucky law. |
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I don't know why it would be but it is. |
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According to that site, the woman posted a copy of the |
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complaint at Facebook. |
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http://36.media.tumblr.com/c852db1d1b3b9db2d065b0cc577b34a2/tumblr_inline_no22l… |
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That site also has photos that are allegedly photos of the |
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living conditions at the Nauglers. |
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#Post#: 1851-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Interesting occurrence in Kentucky or? |
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By: Amadeus Date: May 10, 2015, 7:40 pm |
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[font=courier]Thanks for the clarifying information Kerry. I |
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know that governmental agencies don't always do things exactly |
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right, but the story I had was entirely too one sided to simply |
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take it as the parents apparently want it to be taken. I will |
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continue to watch for some of the blanks to be filled |
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in...[/font] |
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