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Home Schooling Couple Arrested

Trina Darling / Examiner.com:
A couple from the town of Glen, New York, Richard and Margie Cressy, were arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child because they didn't register their children with the Fonda-Fultonville Central School district. Friends of the Cressy family describe them as faithful, God-fearing people who are very committed to their children’s education, and I can’t help but wonder what kind of investigation was done by Montgomery County CPS before the arrest was made, and the couple’s names and pictures were smeared all over the news. I have met Margie Cressy in person, and as I recall, our conversation was about home schooling, and she gave me advice about picking a curriculum for my home-schooled children that demonstrated vast knowledge of the curricula available, and showed a keen interest in what she was teaching her own children.

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Parents Arrested for Failing to Register Home-Schooled Children
CBS TV-6 Albany:
ALBANY, NY -- A Montgomery County couple has been arrested on child endangerment charges for failing to register their children with the school district as they were home-schooled, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said Monday. Richard Cressy, 47, and Margie Cressy, 41, both of the town of Glen, never registered their four children or their home-schooling curriculum with the local school district, said the Sheriff's Office. The Superintendent of the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District confirmed the four children, ranging in age from 8 to 14, had not been registered with the school district for the last seven years.

Parents Accused of Illegal Home Schooling
WNYT TV-13:
GLEN, NY -- Two parents in Montgomery County are accused of improperly home schooling their children. Forty-seven-year-old Richard Cressy and his wife, 41-year-old Margie Cressy, are charged with endangering the welfare of a child. The sheriff's department says the two were home schooling their four children, ages 8 to 14 years old, without the required approval from the school district. The Cressys were issued appearance tickets to appear in Glen Town Court at a later date.

Parents Charged With Not Submitting Lesson Plans
Albany Times Union:
GLEN -- A couple was charged with child endangerment for allegedly home schooling their four children for seven years without notifying the local district, according to Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies. Richard Cressy, 47, and Margie Cressy, 41, were charged with four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child, deputies said. The arrests came after a joint investigation by the Montgomery County Child Protective Services and the sheriff's office.

Posted by Editor at January 5, 2010 07:11 PM