Had you heard about the Subway/Homeschooling conflict? Well, Subway had started a writing contest for school age children, yet they had specifically excluded homeschooled children from participating. As you can imagine, this did not go over very well with the countless homeschooling families who felt discriminated against. Homeschooling families everywhere petitioned and let Subway know that these actions were unacceptable and the HSLDA sent a letter. Here it is:

Subway Apologizes

HSLDA is pleased to pass along the following apology from Subway restaurants.

To HSLDA:

We at SUBWAY restaurants place a high value on education, regardless of the setting, and have initiated a number of programs and promotions aimed at educating our youth in the areas of health and fitness.

We sincerely apologize to anyone who feels excluded by our current essay contest. Our intention was to provide an opportunity for traditional schools, many of which we know have trouble affording athletic equipment, to win equipment. Our intent was certainly not to exclude homeschooled children from the opportunity to win prizes and benefit from better access to fitness equipment.

To address the inadvertent limitation of our current contest and provide an opportunity for even more kids to improve their fitness, we will soon create an additional contest in which homeschooled students will be encouraged to participate. When the kids win, everyone wins!

—Subway restaurants

So homeschoolers everywhere can wait patiently for the new homeschool contest!

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