How do Hogwarts' muggle-borns drop off the radar?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 127766


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sandra87b" <sandra87b at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> If my sister took her kids out of school, she'd have to inform 
> certain authorities, and demonstrate that they are receiving an 
> education at either another school, or private tutorship. 
> ...edited..
> 
> I was just wondering about it, probably because I'm going 
> through an insomnia phase, and these things become important 
> at 3 in the morning!
> 
> Sandra 

bboyminn:

I'm not sure if this solves the problem entirely, but in England all
11 year old kids leave school. That is, they leave their primary
(grade) school and go off to another secondary (combined middle and
high) school. I'm pretty sure that's why JKR chose this natural
transition as the time for kids to enter Hogwarts. 

Reasonably in this normal transition, some kids go from public* to
private schools, while others go from private to public Because of
this, it seems reasonable to accept that students 'disappearing' won't
be all that big a deal, since in a manner of speaking, they all
'disappear'. 

(*USA style- public means publicly funded government school; private
means founded and funded by private individuals). 

You do have a valid point though, even with home schooling there is
some level of monitoring. I suspect in this case we are just looking
too deep into details that aren't relevant to the story. Certainly, if
put to the test, JKR could invent an off-page explanation for this.
But I find it much more fun to invent explanations of my own.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn