Received letter back from superintendent: Dear Mrs. __________ Mrs. _____ letter accurately explains ________ School Policy and the requirements for each of us under the law. These tests are diagnostic assessments to enable us to provide specific educational opportunities for your child. Other than the special education exception Mrs. _______ mentioned, I am not aware of any process for a waiver from these tests. We are required to give them and each child is required to take them. There are some situations where a parent can ask for their child to not participate. Those situations involve surveys. We provide parents the opportunity to review those instruments and decide whether to let their child participate. These tests are not surveys, and I am not aware of any similar waiver process. Mrs. __________ has offered to meet with you to discuss the testing process and explain how each set of results will be used. I suggest you take her up on that offer. Until the laws are amended to allow waivers without penalty to the school, teacher, and student, we will continue to test every child. Sincerely, Dr. ________ My personal response pending, but basically: Dear Dr. _________ I will not be meeting with anyone to discuss the testing process. I am already familiar with it, and I am very busy. Moreover, at this point I prefer to keep all of our interactions in writing. It frustrates me that this has gone beyond my initial email to Ms. _____. After I have informed you in writing that I am exercising my federally protected rights as a parent, are you saying you and anyone who has been advising you are denying me the authority to exercise my federally protected rights? * Sincerely, Leah ________ *Thanks Merry Juerling for that one! P.S. The steps of my own personal refuse the test story from this past week are summed up as follows: Step One: Write Letter refusing the test. Step Two: Get letter back from Principal about school board policy/citing the TESTING MANUAL of the Indiana Dept of Ed. Mentions getting a waiver. Step Three: Write letter to superintendent (cced to school board, state superintendent, and senators) about this BS waiver, basically saying if you want me to fill it out, whatever (knowing that its BS and they wont follow through) in the meantime DONT TEST MY KID.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 03:46:43 +0000
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