Below is an article by Mike Smith, HSLDA president. It is a good read. I am sending it as a preclude to another article I am working on regarding the Lawrence Virtual School. Like us, many of you have likely received a mailing from the Lawrence School District about it. We are concerned that as more and more homeschoolers become dependent on the public schools, the private homeschool movement will weaken and the risk of increased regulation will be raised. It has happened elsewhere. More later on this later.