Long a bastion of conservatives, Reno homeschooling now has an organization of liberal parents.
Several people were discussing their 14-year-olds beginning high school. When asked where she was going to attend high school, Mayorga’s daughter said she is homeschooled. The group grew silent. “One of the ladies that was in the group [whispered to me], ‘She looks so normal,‘” Mayorga recounted, “without even thinking that she’d said anything wrong.”
Heather Mayorga, a member of Liberal Home Schoolers in Northern Nevada
Parent Jenna Hathaway Ewart teaches her children Arran, 8, and Alana, 6, at their home. Aladdin the cat looks on.
PHOTO BY DAVID ROBERT
Published in Reno News & Review
Carol Cizauskas 