Nah, didn't bother to contact local rep. We are happy with home schooling and my sons are doing well. Still have many problems and issues but they are learning. We just had another private evaluation of my oldest son (now 9) by the same psychologist that did the first one. She hasn't seen him since he was 5 or 6. She was very surprised at the improvement he has made. I know he would have done much worse in the public school system. Not sure what you mean by centralized school management. But for me (and of course I know you will disagree and I don't want to get into it) the biggest problem with the school system is that it is run by liberals. They fight accountability at every turn. Just look at no "child left behind" and Voucher programs. Ok that's my dig for today. Feel free to respond but I will not debate politics here further. You can have the last word on this.