Citrus Schools’ Grades – REVISED

Today, the Florida Department of Education released school grades for elementary and middle schools in Florida. (High School grades will not be released by Florida DOE until January 2013.)  As a district we can be just as nervous as a student waiting and worrying about getting their test results. The results are amazing!

During a year filled with new standards, new rules and new test formats, Citrus County Public School Students scored and measured well.  Fourteen out of fifteen elementary and middle schools received an “A” and only one received a “B”.  I am so very proud of each school’s achievement!

• Also click here to read Mike Wright’s Article in Chronicle

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Citrus School Board Agenda: Vote on Resolution on High Stakes Testing

Please Come to Next Tuesday’s School Board Meeting on July 10^th, 2012

If you wanted to speak previously on the issue of “High Stakes Testing” but was unable to, here is another chance, tomorrow, Tuesday, July 10th.

The School Board will officially put on the agenda for next Tuesday, July 10^th, 2012 school board meeting beginning at 3:00pm, the agenda item is to consider adopting, “A RESOLUTION OPPOSING OVEREMPHASIS ON HIGH-STAKES TESTING”.  A workshop on the issue will begin at 1:00pm prior to the 3:00pm meeting but no public comment will take place until the 3:00pm meeting.

On June 14^th, 2012 the Florida School Board Association’s General Membership voted on and passed a Resolution expressing FSBA’s concerns about high stakes testing in Florida and offering recommendations to address those concerns.  (Click here to read the FSBA’s resolution)  As a member of the FSBA, I voted and support the resolution.  If you are interested in learning where I stand regarding Standardized High Stakes Testing: CLICK HERE.

My hope is that Citrus County School Board similarly on Tuesday, July 10^th, 2012 also adopt a Resolution expressing CCSB’s concerns about high stakes testing in Florida.

A School Board Workshop will begin at 1:00pm on the Resolution with a vote to adopt the Resolution at the Regular School Board meeting at 3:00pm.

I want to thank those of you that came to the June 12th school board meeting and shared your experiences. We need to still hear your stories and your opinions as they are important to be heard.  If you were unable to come to that meeting or if you’d again would like to share the meeting will begin at 3:00pm with public comment on any agenda item to begin at 3:05pm.  The meeting is in the Board Chamber at the School Board District Services Center, Located at 1007 W. Main Street, Inverness, Florida.  In order to speak you will need to fill out a “green colored” card the table as you enter the chamber.

We look forward to seeing you.

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AP: Gov. Scott wants to look at changes to FCAT

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON (Follow Brendan Farrington on Twitter at https://twitter.com/bsfarrington)
Associated Press

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott said on Friday schools might be doing too much of a good thing when it comes to student testing and he is talking with state education officials, school superintendents and teachers about possibly changing the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.

The governor addressed a conference of newspaper editors from five Southern states and he defended his decision not to have Florida participate in an expansion of Medicaid under the health care overhaul recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. He also said government needs to be more transparent and Florida has job openings that can’t be filled because the state doesn’t have enough graduates with the needed degrees to fill them.

On student testing, Scott said the state received more parent complaints this year than in past years, especially about the FCAT.

“Parents and taxpayers expect measurement. We’ve got to measure, we’ve to find out who the best schools are,” Scott said. “We have to have a good measurement system but we have to make sure we don’t have too much of it.”

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