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Said Lively: “As a pastor and a parent, I am appalled that the Massachusetts DCF has both the desire and the power to trample parental rights as they have done in this case. Justina has a loving family who have provided her the finest of medical care by top-flight doctors who are ready to continue her care. But in their arrogance the officials at DCF have stepped in to rip this child from her family and keep her prisoner in Massachusetts, where her condition has dramatically deteriorated. _______________________________________________
Judge Awards ‘Permanent’ Custody Of Justina Pelletier To State:
"An Ohio school district told a worried parent that she wasn’t allowed to opt-out of Common Core testing for her kids–and then it forced the kids to be weighed and measured as part of body mass index testing.""The angry mother, Sarah Lewis, said her request to opt her kids out of any school-sponsored Common Core testing was vigorously rejected by Celina City Schools Superintendent Jesse Steiner, according to The Heartland Institute."
"“This is a nine-year-old girl that is already uncomfortable with her body as it starts to change and you hand her a paper that says ‘you need to exercise more’ while you serve hot dogs in the school cafeteria—are you kidding me?” said Lewis."
"Lewis believes her opposition to Common Core made her children political targets."
Opt Outs Are LegalOhio law allows children to opt out of tests, said John Charlton, spokesman for the Ohio Department of Education (ODE). The state also recently repealed an earlier law requiring school districts to calculate kids’ BMIs. Even when BMI screening was mandatory, parents and schools could opt out of it by sending a letter to the state, he said. Now a school district can choose to screen BMIs, but the state doesn’t require it. “The superintendent was being personal and vindictive because he was angry. He decided to take it out on my kids,” Lewis said Thursday afternoon, her voice shaking. She said her children went to school this morning, as usual, but they were afraid.
"At a state Senate education hearing, a kindergarten teacher from Sikeston, Missouri, described that she has been intimidated by both her school district and the local school board for speaking out against the Common Core Learning Standards."
“It’s the reason I’ve been so nervous,” she said. “It’s so hard for me to speak. Because you have no idea what I have been through over the past six weeks because of my stand. And the reason I took this stand is because it was right for my kids. They’re my main priority.”
Teacher Tearfully Describes Bullying and Intimidation
She Suffered for Opposing Common Core:
VIDEO: Published on Mar 27, 2014 on YouTube:
Missouri elementary teacher Susan Kimball testified before the Missouri Senate Education Committee that she has been threatened and bullied for her opposition to Common Core.
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1st Annual New York State iREFUSE! Rally 3-29-14
Against Common Core, Port Jefferson,
Long Island, New York:
Published on Mar 30, 2014
New Yorkers gather for the 1st Annual NYS iREFUSE! rally, a forum and protest against high stakes testing and Common Core. Featuring Dr. Joe Rella, Mark Ferreris, Nicole Ehrhard, Mary Calamia, Beth Dimino, Dick Iannuzzi, Michael Bohr, Rob Astorino, Tim Farley, Assemblyman Al Graf, Ruth Bryant White, Professor Steve White, Dave Greene, Dr. Mercedes Schneider and Yvonne Gasperino. FULL LENGTH VIDEO-- Port Jefferson, New York. March 29, 2014
Beth Dimino is an 8th grade Science Teacher, as well as the President of the PJSTA. On March 29th, she addressed the iRefuse! Rally at Comsewogue High School. Here she speaks up for that families that have to live with the consequences of New York's onerous "reform" policies.
