School District Kicks Siblings Out For Currently Living Somewhere Else

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Can you visit a friend or relative in another state for an extended period while your kids keep up with their classes and school work online?

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On Thursday, Emmette received an email from Camille Johnson, Auburn’s assistant superintendent for student services, saying she has determined his two sons “are not entitled to the public schools of the district.”

In the email, the administrator says Emmette told the district in late August the family had planned to return to Auburn from their vacation in Missouri over Labor Day weekend, but due to a wedding at the end of September decided to remain in Missouri.

The administrator says in the email the district allowed the two boys, a second-grader and fourth-grader, to continue remote learning.

However, Emmette and his kids still haven’t returned, and mail sent to him was returned to the district, the email says. It also states that Emmette told the district he didn’t have a set date to return, and told them he was renting out his home when possible on AirBnB.

"Renting out your home is contrary to an intent to return to Auburn in the near future‚'’ Johnson says in the email Emmette shared with Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.

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Emmette, who works as a podcast host on youtube and restores furniture, said he didn’t have a date in mind to return, but would have come back at least by January. He said if the elementary schools were five days a week in person, he would return, but he doesn’t want his kids to go on a hybrid schedule.

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Emmette said he was outraged and shocked when he received the email. He said the weather is nice at his aunt’s home in Missouri and it’s somewhat isolated, so he and his kids feel safe from the coronavirus pandemic.

“Are you kidding me?'' he said. “I never thought there was any problem. I pay my taxes and my mortgage, and my home is not for sale. I didn’t move. And my kids do all their work on Zoom as I have chosen for them to be fully remote.”

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Auburn is on a hybrid schedule where students learn in school some days and remotely the other days. Parents in New York state, however, are allowed to choose if they want their children to learn all remotely.

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