Melinda Degnan
466:09 - 466:22
“page 9's incorporating public correspondence programs into a brick-and-mortar framework. Most families, including ourselves, homeschool because the brick-and-mortar framework isn't what we want or need.”
- Speaker
- Melinda Degnan
- Timestamp
- 466:09 – 466:22
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
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From the transcript
The other concern is page 9's incorporating public correspondence programs into a brick-and-mortar framework. Most families, including ourselves, homeschool because the brick-and-mortar framework isn't what we want or need.
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