N.C. Judge Ordering Homeschoolers into Public School

World Net Daily reports this morning that Wake County Family Court Judge Ned Mangum is ordering three homeschooled siblings to enroll in public school next year.

The three children, aged 10, 11, and 12, are academically above grade level and active in a large support group in Johnston County. Their parents however are going through a divorce, and the judge told WND that the father does not support the mother's desire to continue homeschooling:

"I thought Ms. Mills had done a good job [in homeschooling]," he said. "It was great for them to have that access, and [I had] no problems with homeschooling. I said public schooling would be a good complement." ...

... "[Their homeschooling] accomplished its purposes. It now was appropriate to have them back in public school."

A family friend has set up a website, http://www.hsinjustice.com/, to chronicle the situation.

UPDATE 1: The mother's publicist, Adam Cothes, has a press release posted on Christian Newswire.

UPDATE 2: Keung Hui of the Raleigh News & Observer covers the story here.