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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS LOCAL - home school update Home schooling family portrait outside their home in St. Norbert. Names: Verwymeren and her husband Nick with their 3 kids, Max - 3yrs, Lucy 9yrs and Sam - 6yrs. Sara Verwymeren's family is doing homeschool because she's at-risk. The mother of three (I believe, or four) is a cancer survivor who has chosen homeschool to protect both herself and her family this year. HOMESCHOOL STATS: Now that we're well into October and the formal homeschool registration dates are over, the province will have an accurate picture of how many families have really opted into homeschool this year. (It's up by approx 25% compared to last year). Will request the latest data from the province, and talk to a family or two who has chosen that path, and why. Oct 9th, 2020