KSHB 41 reporter Olivia Acree covers portions of Johnson County, Kansas, including Olathe and Lenexa. She will continue to follow up on declining enrollment and school funding as part of her ongoing series, “Shifting Education.” Share your story idea with Olivia.
—Kansas public school enrollment is declining, and homeschooling is one path more families are choosing. As part of an ongoing series on Shifting Education, I sat down with a Shawnee mom, Jessica Juhl, who made the switch.
a Shawnee family explains why they chose homeschooling
“The freedom and the flexibility that we have in choosing curriculum and our schedule vacations, building that into our schedule,” Juhl said.
Juhl says her family began to feel like they were losing control over their children’s education while in the public school system…