Christian Home School Sells HS Diplomas For $465

The Associated Press reports:

Springfield Preparatory School, bills itself as an umbrella school for Christian homeschoolers. Most students there do attend the school to work toward an education through actual classes or tutoring. However, principal Kitty Sibley Morrison is also willing to grant a diploma to anyone whose parents say they were homeschooled, even years earlier.

Morrison says she is not selling diplomas, but rather lifetime services for homeschooling families. “We’re not here to make money,” she said. Yet a list of prices is taped to the front window of the school building: $250 for diploma services, a $50 application fee, $35 for a diploma cover and $130 to walk in a cap and gown at a ceremony.

There’s precious little information available about these schools, which the state calls “nonpublic schools not seeking state approval.” Some schools have whimsical names such as the “Ballerina Jedi Academy” and the “Unicorn Princess School.” Others proclaim their independence with names like “Freedom First.”

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In Louisiana, off-the-grid schools have ballooned since the pandemic. One school sells diplomas for $465, even if students never finished high school https://t.co/nsX4W6sD8E

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 27, 2023

Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools https://t.co/RslcEEUea8 via @WellandTribune

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