Family Action Needed!

Dear Families,

I just received this email below in regards to the proposed changes for how the school gradings will be done. Please read below and if you feel that this is something that you should respond to, please do!

Dear Bright Feats,

This email is to ask you to forward this information to your families and encourage them to contact the State Board.  If anyone has any questions regarding this matter, they may contact myself via sarah.sequenzia@ocps.net , or my cell (321) 228-9772, or OCCPTA ESE Chair Patrice Byerly via patrice.byerly@ocps.net, or her cell (407) 421-2393.

Summary:  While most involved families are concentrating on budgets and legislative session, the FLDOE is promulgating rule changes to the school grade system.  Some of these changes will have a negative impact on our current school grades.  The State Board of Education votes on February 28th, 2012 to approve or deny these rule changes.  We are asking that  parents from each organization contact the Board now to request that the Board does not vote for changes that will negatively impact our schools.

Attached please find:

the proposed changes  to 6A-1.09981: Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability as recorded in the Florida Administrative Weekly;

a spreadsheet from the OCPS ESE department detailing parts of the current rule, the correlating proposed changes, and the department’s support for or against the change;

talking points for families regarding the information listed in the spreadsheet;

and contact information for the State Board of Education members.

Also, for your convenience we have listed below links to two YouTube videos posted by parents to get the message out to members of the State board, and particularly, how this affects their family on a personal level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV39W5te6q4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf_PhoZTGDI

We encourage families to take action now!  If some choose to make and upload their own YouTube video, please forward the link back to us so we can promote it.

Thank you,

Sarah :o)

Sarah Lopez Sequenzia

ESE Parent Liaison

cell: 321/228-9772

Orange County Public Schools

Exceptional Student Education

ELC 6th Floor

445 West Amelia Street

Orlando, Florida 32801

407/317-3200 x2614

Patrice Byerly

Parent Ambassador

Director of Training

Orange County Public Schools

Exceptional Student Education

ELC 6th Floor

445 West Amelia Street

Orlando, Florida 32801

407/317-3200 x 4628

 407/421-2393 cell