Local Co-op Boosts Home Schooling Experience
“People do ask if you are crazy” says Lama Butler about the reaction of some people when they find out that she is home-schooling her children. Lama is one of the growing number of parents who home school in NSW. Latest figures from Home Schooling Data Reports relating to 2024 indicate that numbers rose from 7032 in 2020 to 12,762 in 2024. Home schooling can sound far from crazy though when you realise that there are lifestyle benefits such as an end to shambolic mornings spent making school lunches, finding homework projects, sports uniforms and notes to sign before rushing…