I attended the Oneida School Board meeting tonight. I came at 7pm, but the meeting had started at 6, and because of the web site update I hadn’t seen the change. As is often the case, I was the only person not associated with the District at the meeting. There were several interesting things at the meeting. Here are my observations: Continue reading
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State Assessment Tests for Elementary and Middle School
The testing dates for Oneida’s New York State Assessment tests are as follows:
- The NYS ELA Assessment will be administered on April 5, 6, and 7.
- The NYS Math Assessment is scheduled for April 13, 14, and 15. All tests will be given first thing in the morning.
I’ll post the Science Assessment dates when I get them. They are likely in late May.
Oneida 2015 Opt Out Statistics by School
Here are the Oneida Opt out statistics for 2015. PDF here.
Edit: Here’s the state opt out statistics.
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School standardized testing schedule
I filed a FOIL request under NYS law to get the local testing dates teacher evaluations for Oneida. Here’s what they gave me back.
It appears to me that the dates given make it too hard to opt out on an individual basis, and you have missed the January tests (which is what caused me to request these).
For lower grades, there’s a March and sometimes a May screening. I’ll follow up with more information. For the June tests, its my current understanding that you can not opt out of them, becuase they are in effect the final exam grades.
Actions:
- Get March, May testing dates
- Find out if June test dates are part of student grades (March, May, June)
Boy Scouts Summer Camp
Boy Scouts Troop 2 in Oneida went to Camp Russell for a week. They had a lot of fun doing woodsy, boy-scouty things.
I thought that this performance, at the closing campfire was an awesome collaborative tribute to the staff at Camp Russell.
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Superintendent ‘Lied’, Board Swears
This editorial ran in the Oneida Dispatch on May 4, 2015. I wrote it to protest the Oneida School Board’s unreasonable treatment of my son.
Superintendent ‘Lied’, Board Swears To It
The Oneida school District refuses to educate my son in math and its costing you money.
My son Bob is very good at math. Last year, in sixth grade, he taught himself Algebra and asked to challenge the course because he was bored in math. The District’s first response: “I don’t care what he knows–he’s taking math 7 next year!” After resistance from Mr. Spadafora, the Superintendent, the Board let Bob challenge the course. Bob got a 90 on the exam and passed the oral exam, but it wasn’t good enough for them. They put him in Algebra Anyway. Bob quickly decided the class was a waste of his time, instead teaching himself three more years of math through last January, including Pre-Calculus at HCCC.
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