On Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 the Citrus County School Board unanimously approved a letter to be sent to Florida Governor Rick Scott to suspend testing consequences.
I want to thank my fellow Board Members for their approval of this letter and for their continual support of doing what is best for our students and educators.
I further want to the Director of Department of Research and Accountability, Patrick Simon and his coordinator, Amy Crowell; Program Specialist Karen Jordan; our attorney Wes Bradshaw; and our former Board colleague Pat Deutschman who greatly contributed to this letter.
Thank you to the Chronicle and Tampa Bay Times for sharing stories about our letter to Gov. Scott.
Once again Citrus educator Christina Hackey and her students “blast off” their model rockets for the ‘Rocketman Competition‘ sponsored by The Christa McAuliffe Educational Outreach Program. This event is a join effort through funding provided by the Citrus County Education Foundation and the Citrus Springs Elementary Parent Teacher Organization.
This is another of those great actives that I am honored to participate in, and again this year I had the chance to judge the final round of rocket launches. Ms. Hackey does a super job providing this STEM opportunity for our students. I am already looking forward to next year.
Video of Ashlynn Ramirez’s Announcement by Commissioner Stewart
Video of Ashlynn Ramirez, a 5th grade at Hernando Elementary School in Citrus County, Fla., who has been selected as one of 5 finalists in the 2016 Florida Teacher of the Year Award.
Chronicle: On concurrency, council stand with school board
Inverness City Council agrees with with School Board on concurrency. City councilman Cabot McBride said he could think of no sound reason why the county opted out of the agreement in the first place. City Administrator Frank DiGiovanni likened the county’s move to an iconic 1970s commercial for an oil company filter which warned, “You can pay me now or pay me later.’”
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Standardized Testing
**WARNING ADULT LANGUAGE (bleeped)
This video was too informative and entertaining to not share. I will warn you it does have some adult language which is bleeped but still evident.
This video is 18 minutes long but you will likely not want to stop watching. You will laugh, but you will also get angry—and you should!
This video speaks about the real issues of testing in Florida and in our nation today. It also features an outstanding retired School Board Member from Orange Co., Florida, Rick Roach who has been a hero to many of us Board Members who have taken stands against high-stakes testing.
Enjoy!
On Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 the Citrus County School Board unanimously approved a letter to be sent to Florida Governor Rick Scott to suspend testing consequences.
Thank you to the Chronicle and Tampa Bay Times for sharing stories about our letter to Gov. Scott.
