UPDATE: Schmitz Park Elementary School in Seattle joins + Garfield High School teacher Heather Snookal and Sue Peters with Parents Across America on Chalk Talk Radio today | Seattle Education

Garfield High School teacher Heather Snookal and Sue Peters with Parents Across America on Chalk Talk Radio today | Seattle Education:

Schmitz Park Elementary School in Seattle joins in support of Garfield High School teachers.

by seattleducation2011

This is the third school to join in support of Garfield High School teachers.

To follow is the letter from the teachers at Schmitz Elementary School:

Dear Superintendent Banda,

The staff of Schmitz Park, by a unanimous vote, joins in its support of Garfield High and all other schools and individuals around the district that boycott the MAP test. We agree with Garfield’s position about the harmful, ineffective, and wasteful nature of the MAP test and its deleterious impact on instructional time and consequently student achievement. We join SEA in asking you to not 

Garfield High School teacher Heather Snookal and Sue Peters with Parents Across America on Chalk Talk Radio today

by seattleducation2011

Sue Peters, Founding Member of Parents Across America and co-editor of this blog will be speaking with Tim Slekar and Shaun Johnson on Chalk Talk Radio today at 3:00 PM PST, 6:00 PM EST,  about the Garfield MAP opt out.

Garfield High School teacher Heather Snookal will join Shaun and Tim for the second half of the show to get a teacher’s perspective of the testing boycott.

You can tune in at Chalk Talk Radio.

Dora