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Oneida School Board Meeting August 2016

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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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)

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