Homeschool Parents Protest Daytime Curfew Plan

Sun., March 8, 1998

Associated Press

Parents who homeschool their children are opposing the city’s proposed daytime curfew for the young.

City Hall was packed Tuesday with parents against such an ordinance. But Police Chief Cliff Johnson said the law wouldn’t affect “good kids.”

The curfew would allow officers to stop people under 18 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Several parents told the City Council that their children keep nontraditional school hours and often go into town to run errands without a parent present.

“It’s a harassment of grievous proportions,” said Doug Farris, who teaches math for the College of Southern Idaho.

City Attorney Fritz Wonderlich said he believes officers know who they are looking for and will not create problems for homeschool students.

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