Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-24T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Tagged: Austin

This topic has 20 replies, 16 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 4 months ago by Heather.

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April 4, 2016 at 4:27 pm
ServingwithJoy
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Ha! I should’ve read Kandi’s post and just said, “I agree with Kandi”. My sister is in Georgetown and we make frequent visits to Fredericksburg and Boerne. All the communities in that area are incredible and would be ideal for homeschooling and living.
April 4, 2016 at 5:03 pm
Grace
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I am moving to Carrollton tx, next month. I would love to meet up with anyone in Dallas or surrounding area and know about homeschooling groups. Please let me know if anyone on here can. Thanks
June 24, 2016 at 1:26 pm
SueW
Participant
Kandi,
I realize that you posted a year ago but I would love to hear more about the homeschooling community in Austin. My family and I are very seriously relocating there from Los Angeles because of cost of living her. My big issue is leaving the large and very active Charlotte Mason community. In my area we have many individual nature groups with at least 10 families in each, handicraft fairs where large numbers of families come to sell their good to each other, more than 1 monthly CM moms meeting to attend, etc. I’ve become so spoiled by this and I have a hunch that I might not find as extensive of a network elsewhere. I would love to have a better idea about the community before we make a huge move.
August 9, 2016 at 7:58 pm
Michelle
Participant
I am south of Austin, in Buda and the homeschool community is AWESOME out here in Kyle/San Marcos/Buda. There are many co-ops to choose from and we plan things to do outside of Austin as much as we can (No one likes to drive there anymore). I am joining a CM Co-Op that was big enough to split into two so there are only 10 families per group.
As far as IN Austin, I do not know what the homeschool community is like, but you will likely find quite a bit of unschooling/secular groups because that is Austin. I am a childbirth educator and the other classes are things like hypnobirthing and finding your inner goddess because that fits in Austin. (It’s not Keep Austin Weird for nothing)
My Sister lives in Bandera, it is pretty but she said the homeschool community is not that big-so as nice as the Hill Country is, you may be more limited on communities, unless you choose some 4H groups. If I had my choice, I would move to land in Wimberly or Dripping Springs to stay close to the Hays Community of homeschoolers and we will never move back into Austin.
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January 2, 2018 at 9:41 pm
Bakingmore
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I realize this post is a little old, but we moved to south Austin a few months ago. I’ve seen and heard about a lot of homeschool groups or co-ops but most of them are north or west and a bit too long of a drive for us. The only CM group I’ve come across used to meet for monthly discussions, but has dwindled to online only right now.
Michelle, would you mind sharing the contact info for the CM co-op you mentioned? Buda is one of the areas we’re considering moving to when we buy a house next year.
January 6, 2018 at 4:36 pm
Heather
Participant
I live in Kingwood, TX, which is a NE suburb of Houston. It is really pretty (lots of big trees), has 75 miles of wooded hike and bike trails, is a 30-40 minute drive to downtown Houston, is very conservative and Christian and has a HUGE homeschool population. The biggest local Homeschool group has over 500 families in it.
Cons – Oh my gosh it is HOT and HUMID! I am a native Houstonian and I still am shocked every summer at how sauna-like it is here. On the flip side, it is usually quite nice from late Oct to April. Also, if you have allergies, it is really bad place to be. Oh, and we have had a major flood each of the past 3 years, so there’s that too.
Austin is commonly thought of (by Houstonians at least) as being more liberal in general, though I’m sure you can still easily find conservative Christian groups. Dallas is more conservative, but has always seemed to be to be more materialistic (again my Houstonian bias).