Tree House Academy Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I hate to admit it, but I have most everything my kids have done in the 4+ years we have homeschooled. It is getting to the point now where I am ready to let a lot of it go, but I want to make sure my bases are covered incase I am ever questioned by the state (TN), etc. So...what do you keep and how long do you keep it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 There is nothing in TN law to indicate that your dc's past academic records could ever be inspected by school officials, or that you'd have to produce anything to prove anything. You don't need to keep stuff out of fear. Other than keeping a few things as momentos for the dc, I say toss it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Other than keeping a few things as momentos for the dc, I say toss it all. I would hyperventilate if I had all their work. I do like to keep their writing, though. Some of it, though, not all of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpe Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 My plan is to keep one or two things per subject, per month, plus reading logs. I want to be able to bind them and have a whole-school book that I can show the grandkids. Or something silly like that. We'll see if it actually turns out that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I'm the wrong person to ask because I keep it all! All 24 years, so far... We never move... The next reality show: "Homeschool Hoarders" :lol: Seriously, though? Everything? Every math paper? Every grammar lesson? Where do you keep it all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I keep a portfolio with important work samples: a 1 inch binder for each year for each child. For high school, I keep everything until they have graduated from college. I have heard from people where the colleges wanted to see lab reports and math work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Two years is our requirement. When I place this years work in the box, I will take another year out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I talk to the trees Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I hate to admit it, but I have most everything my kids have done in the 4+ years we have homeschooled. It is getting to the point now where I am ready to let a lot of it go, but I want to make sure my bases are covered incase I am ever questioned by the state (TN), etc. So...what do you keep and how long do you keep it? Dd is finishing up 6th grade this month. I still have just about everything tucked neatly into a giant rubbermaid tote in the basement. Every time I decide to go through it and weed out all of the unnecessary items, I wind up looking at her old handwriting or math assignments and getting all sentimental, then keeping it all!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I keep everything too, not from a feeling that I'm going to need to show it to anybody, but just because I think it's fun to go back and look at it. My mom kept one of my 2nd grade workbooks and gave it to me when I went to college and I thought it was really neat to look back through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I keep the end of the year portfolios. They are 3in. binders with "samples" of their work and pictures of what we did during the year. I keep them just to so they can look through them in future years or if I want to see what we did when, sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 There is nothing in TN law to indicate that your dc's past academic records could ever be inspected by school officials, or that you'd have to produce anything to prove anything. You don't need to keep stuff out of fear. Other than keeping a few things as momentos for the dc, I say toss it all. :iagree: and I'm another TN homeschooling mama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I live in Ohio. I hope there's no regulations because after keeping everything for 4 years (k,, 1, 2, 3 for one, and k, 1 for the other) I tossed it all and keep nothing. We do the CAT test from Seton, and I keep the test results. MUCH easier to manage than totes of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 The law is two years here. But I make the portfolios and they're really a snapshot of where the kids were at that moment, so I intend to keep them forever. Or, until they're adults anyway. But it's just a single binder from the year. If I had "everything" that would make me nuts. We even clean out every two months and toss finished workbooks and so forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 We aren't required to keep work, but I keep a few samples from each year, especially their writing and art work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I take a picture of anything I want to keep....then at the end of the year I take a pic with the kids and their finished workbooks....then we pitch it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillymommy Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I'm the wrong person to ask because I keep it all! All 24 years, so far... We never move... Wow! You sound very similar to my MIL & FIL. We had to clean out their house a few yrs ago. They have 6 kids. We found tons of attic space *full* of old school papers, projects, etc. They didn't HS, but certainly kept everything that came home from school. We're active duty military. Frequent moves help keep dh's pack ratting DNA under control ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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