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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Ed Notes Online: Friday: Change the Stakes Meeting Focuses on Coming Field Test Boycott

Ed Notes Online: Friday: Change the Stakes Meeting Focuses on Coming Field Test Boycott:


Friday: Change the Stakes Meeting Focuses on Coming Field Test Boycott

This in from parent activist Janine Sopp. I can't make this meeting as we have an ICE meeting tomorrow but these CTS meetings are becoming the epicenter of the opt-out movement with even people from around the state touching base to widen the impact of the movement beyond the city. There will also be some kind of demo/rally coming up in June. Teachers with parent contacts who might have an interest should be informed about these meeting.

By the way, the CTS group is holding a family picnic in Central Park on Saturday May 18 starting at 3PM, exact location to be announced.

Greetings!

As many of you know, the Pearson field tests are scheduled to hit our schools from June 3-7, less than a month away. Several people have been already been discussing their objection and desired actions against these tests again this year. We invite you to the next Change the Stakes meeting in which a boycott action will be on the agenda. We will have a preliminary discussion and spend some time outlining various strategies. We would like to collaborate with other groups and individuals on this and hope you will join this initial conversation. We are