From Sandy Stenoff of Opt Out Florida:
We are “all hands on deck” in Florida and would greatly appreciate all the help we can get. Please feel free to share this e-mail.
Dear Public Education allies,
Florida’s 2.8 million public school children need your help now.
Both the Budget and HB 7069, the Conforming bill, which contains an inappropriate number of policies and barely vetted concepts, will face an up/down vote in both the House and the Senate Monday afternoon.
We are fighting a monumental disaster of a bill in Florida. Please help in any way that you can. It is a dire situation. We are not exaggerating. There have been any number of bills in Florida this session purporting to mandate “fewer better tests.” A lot of dirty strategic and technical maneuverings on the part of the reformers has finally resulted in HB7069 a massive charter bill, the worst we have ever seen.
From two Florida superintendents on the direction of these mandates:
URGENT ACTION
Kathleen Oropeza of Fund Education Now has prepared these action alerts for easy sharing – explaining the meat of the bills. These links are critical to share as they will take folks to the action to reach the legislators.
http://bit.ly/2pSGNEZ
Tell the Senate to Vote NO on HB 7069 – The Worst List of Education Policies Ever
If you are writing your own message about HB 7069, here’s a link directly to the Take Action portion so they can send personalized letters http://bit.ly/2qDZIo0: Senators; Vote NO on the Conforming Bill/HB 7069
We will be tweeting with hashtags
#StopHB7069
#Vote4PublicEd
#forthechildren
Legislator contacts:
http://m.flsenate.gov/about/contact
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/myrepresentative.aspx
Public schools won’t win this fight without you.
Thank you for your help and support.
Sincerely,
Sandy Stenoff
The Opt Out Florida Network
#OptOut for a PublicEdRevolution
“…standardized tests are not like the weather, something to which we must resign ourselves. . . .
They are not a force of nature, but a force of politics- and political decisions can be questioned, challenged, and ultimately reversed.
Teachers, parents, and students can turn their frustration into action and successfully turn back the testing juggernaut in order to create classrooms that focus on learning.”
Alfie Kohn – The Case Against Standardized Testing, 2000
On Apr 24, 2017, at 1:34 PM, Monty Neill wrote:
Hi everyone.
Testing season is well under way or ended in many places. So, how goes opting out? Are there other local efforts that you are involved in that you can share with us?
Thanks,
Monty
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Monty Neill, Ed.D.; Executive Director, FairTest; P.O. Box 300204, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130; 617-477-9792; http://www.fairtest.org; Donate to FairTest: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/fairtest
I just did my civic duty and just left voicemails on district and capital office phones of my state representative and senator.
Omg. This country is sick.
It’s time to others get in and it’s a hard game because I fought againts leaders who are been supporting the Charters schools and the’r are where they are now because I stand up alone that’s it.
Florida state is my strong !
The beginning, for others not me . I’m sorry I was right and tired
Correct link.
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/education-train-bill-passes-florida-legislature-in-the-final-hours/2323191