Our Texans Take Action Against STAAR Facebook group with almost 17,000 users is a tremendous source of information and activity. But it is also so busy that important topics get buried and finding them later is hard. Group search is sometimes sketchy, and finding district specific information can be like a scavenger hunt. To aid our users, TPERN is today launching a User Forum to better organize and keep discussions available for users. This will let board moderators “pin” or “sticky” key information in an easy to find place. It will give you a community off of Facebook to also travel to.
For users on Facebook, this forum will also have an important distinction with the TTAAS group. Under the rules of TTAAS, the group is for taking action aganst STAAR. We don’t debate the merits of STAAR and we don’t accept members who are still trying to decide how they feel against STAAR. TTAAS members oppose STAAR and are there for action. Other Facebook groups can educate and convince, but they really don’t do it as well as we do and they lack the resources that TPERN has. So unlike the TTAAS group, this user forum permits open discussion, pro and con of things like opt out, whether STAAR is good to take and answers questions that our TTAAS group considers “off limits”. The TPERN forum is the place to send people who are looking to decide about STAAR.
Lastly, this forum is set up to take Facebook members with one click! If you are logged into your Facebook account, you can establish your Forum account and be logged in with one click of a button. It’s that easy!
So you have no excuses! Join us on the forum and let’s get this important information out to everyone and organized in a way we can use it. TTAAS is not going away. It will continue to be our focal point for ACTION. But for education, finding old information, and district specific inquiries, let’s put the forum to good use!
Sorry to bother you
Schindewolf Intermedate in Klein ISD has refused to take my son out of his prep classes since before this school year started.
I went through a level one grievance and didn’t met the deadline for the level two grievance. Now I am starting over but have no idea what to say to make them remove him… this is my next email please over look it and lmk if it sounds ok or if I should add or take out anything.. THANK YOU SO MUCH
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The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt and strictly enforce a policy limiting the removal of students from class for remedial tutoring or test preparation. A district may not remove a student from a regularly scheduled class for remedial tutoring or test preparation if, as a result of the removal, the student would miss more than 10 percent of the school days on which the class is offered, unless the student’s parent or another person standing in parental relation to the student provides to the district written consent for removal from class for such purpose.
Tex. Educ. Code sec. 25.083(b).
This does not mean, however, that a school district has the unrestricted ability to deprive a student of 10% of their elective class periods.
A parent can decline or opt out of accelerated and remedial STAAR instruction under section 26.010.
If you deny my right and don’t remove Kurt from his staar reading and star math class AS I HAVE BEEN DEMANDING SINCE BEFORE THIS SCHOOL YEAR STARTED, as I am refusing remedial instruction;
I will be filing and incident report with the TEA.
I AM REQUIRING MY SON TO BE REMOVED FROM HIS STAAR READING PREP CLASS AND STAAR READING MATH CLASS AND PLACED IN A REGULAR PACK TIME CLASS AND OFFICE AIDE IMMEDIATELY