Graduation rates

Our local paper today had a story which stated that, in California, it is impossible to know the correct graduation rate in public schools. Something about not being able to track that info accurately so they give an official and unofficial estimate.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm thinking someone needs to go back to class and figure out a way to count students and follow them along to see who is graduating. By the article's estimate, it will be 4 years before the CDE is able to track that info. Interesting.

Science at home

Hmmm, it has been a while, I see. We're still here, still homeschooling. Our latest science project is raising the 25 chicks we just received from Belt Hatchery in Fresno. The kids are having a blast. Unfortunately, we seem to be losing 3 of them. Not sure what went wrong, but the others seem hale and hearty.