Re: District to Vote on Defying Exit Exam Law

[Marilyn Langlois <langlois-rine@comcast.net>]

Dear ca-resisters--

Any of you who are in the Bay Area, please join us Monday April 10 in
Richmond if you can!

3:30 pm outside of Lavonya DeJean Middle School at 33rd and Macdonald. Note
also that students and others will be marching from Richmond High School
after school that day.   See below for details.  The full wording of Dave
Brown's proposed resolution is posted at www.march4education.org

George, thanks for posting the SF Chronicle article about the resolution
being presented to WCCUSD about an alternative to the exit exam.

Jo, I was so impressed with your presentation on the exit exam at the
literacy and HST conference in Fresno.  Hope you can make it across the
Richmond-San Rafail bridge Monday afternoon!

Marilyn
Richmond CA

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From: vivaraul@sfsu.edu
Date: Fri,  7 Apr 2006 18:34:44 -0700
Subject: Richmond-April 10. SAVE OUR DIPLOMAS Flyer

(please forward widely--flyers on attachments)
WHAT: MARCH 4 STUDENT RIGHTS TO SAVE OUR DIPLOMAS!

WHEN: MONDAY APRIL 10TH, 3:45PM IN FRONT OF RICHMOND HIGH (1250 23rd St.)

WHERE TO: LOVONYA DEJEAN MIDDLE SCHOOL 3400 MACDONALD AVE., RICHMOND, CA


NEARLY 500 STUDENTS OF THE WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY NOT
RECEIVE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA THIS JUNE BECAUSE OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGH
SCHOOL EXIT EXAM... UNLESS YOU COME TAKE A STAND TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION
(that will be voted on April 10th) TO AWARD STUDENTS DIPLOMAS REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER THE HAVE PASSED THE EXIT EXAM--SO LONG AS THEY HAVE FULFILLED ALL
THEIR REQUIREMENTS.


STUDENTS SAY ENOUGH OF THIS RACIST TEST!
JUSTICE FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR!
JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS!
JUSTICE FOR ALL STUDENTS!

***P.S. Please call these board members right now and say, "I support Dave
Brown's resolution to award our students diplomas--Please vote YES on Monday
April 10th!"

Board Members:
Karen Fenton 510-236-8460
Charles Ramsey 510-682-5600
Karen Pfeifer 510-526-5367
Glen Price 510-528-1315



> From: Hulda Nystrom <huldanystrom@sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: KPFA Education Collective mailing list <kpfaed@lists.kpfa.org>
> Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 23:47:25 -0700 (PDT)
> To: March4Education <march4education@yahoogroups.com>, WCCUSDforum
> <wccusdforum@yahoogroups.com>, WCCUSDtalk <wccusdtalk@yahoogroups.com>,
> Alliance for Meaningful Education
> <alliance4meaningfuleducation@yahoogroups.com>
> Cc: KPFA Education Collective <kpfaed@lists.kpfa.org>
> Subject: [KPFAed] Testing is not Teaching! Come to school board meeting 3.30
> Mon. 4/10
> 
> 
> Dozens gathered at a press conference last Wednesday before the WCCUSD
> school board went into closed session
> 
> http://www.march4education.org/TeachingNotTesting.html
> 
> Justice Matters called the press conference in support of Board member
> Dave Brown's resolution to waive the California High School Exit Exam
> (CAHSEE) for those seniors this year who have passed all graduation
> requirements except for passing CAHSEE.
> 
> http://www.march4education.org/NoCAHSEE.html
> 
> Based on the premises that "Education is a basic human right, not a
> privilege" and that "Academic development must be supported and culturally
> relevant", Dave Brown is proposing that seniors demonstrate their
> "readiness for success after high school" through portfolios, focused
> subject area study and/or research.
> 
> 
> Please come to the Board meeting this Monday, April 10 at 3:30 (not the
> usual 6 p.m.) in support of the right of all students to receive a diploma
> who have met district graduation requirements. (Can you spell local
> control of public education?)
> 
> Hulda
> 
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