Rebecca Foley operates a homeschool hybrid program in New York. She launched a website StartaHybridSchool.com to help share her knowledge and experience. Her blog post titled, “Do you have what it takes?” Rebecca knows that a vision to start a…
I think I have a better understanding about the logistics of starting a homeschool group after reading your books and watching your webinars, but where I am getting stuck is the development of a board. It is just me and…
Our homeschool co-op charges families a registration fee to cover administrative costs and a per-class supply fees to cover supplies/materials for individual classes. This past year we have a pretty good surplus on supply fee income. Teachers ended up not…
For years, I have heard homeschool groups leaders say things like this: “We’re not an official nonprofit.” “We’re not a recognized nonprofit?” “We’re not a registered nonprofit” Or sometimes, the leaders say this: “We’re a nonprofit but we don’t have…
I’m considering starting a homeschool group. How did you decide on a co-op with all volunteer teachers versus an academy with hired teachers? I think I have some moms who would be interested in participating, but I really don’t know…
US News contributor Andrew Bauld interviewed me about micro school or his article “What is a microschool?” My contribution to the article was to offer my advice as a CPA to approach the endeavor of launching a micro school with…
I hear from a lot of homeschool leaders that they have board members who don’t do much. How frustrating. Don’t ignore the problem. Do something. The problem is likely to get worse and a board member who is not participating…
I have a question about the conflict of interest issue. Three ladies and I would like to incorporate to teach classes together and form a homeschool co-op. If we are the three board members, then does that mean we can…