Parents and others, email Gov. Scott

Following the Citrus County School Board’s letter to Florida Governor Rick Scott earlier this week requesting that he suspend testing consequences, others are following Citrus’s lead. The Tampa Bay Times is reporting that Leon County School Superintendent Jackie Pons is calling on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to scale back the use of state testing results this spring.

It is vital at this time for parents and members of the public to support the School Board’s actions and individually email Governor Rick Scott asking him to immediately sign an executive order that would suspend testing consequences. (See Excerpt from the CCSB letter below.)

Follow this link to email Gov. Scott now!

I humbly ask you do this immediately!

Excerpt from the CCSB letter:

We therefore are imploring you to use the authority of your office to immediately sign an executive order that would suspend:

• the use of these assessments for students’ grades,
• the use of these assessments for course requirements,
• the use of these assessments for graduation requirements,
• the use of these assessments for any performance pay requirements for teachers and administrators
• the school accountability/school grade for the 2014 – 2015 school year.

Follow this link to download the CCSB 5/12/2015 Letter to Gov. Scott: https://thomastalks.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/201505130857_Sign-CCSB-Letter-to-Gov.-Scott.pdf

Tampa Bay Times Story: Leon County superintendent calls for easing of Florida testing consequences
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/leon-county-superintendent-calls-for-easing-of-florida-testing-consequences/2229828

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