Anti-CCSS Activist Kemple Battles Chamber Endorsed Snively in Hillsborough

http://www.flstopcccoalition.org/files/0D662B6C-9FEF-493A-87B6-88C069D6F753--CE53C1CB-8F9A-467D-89BA-1D7D88D380DD/10-4-14-v6-snively-negatives-on-letterhead.pdfLong time anti-Common Core activist Terry Kemple is seeking a seat on the Hillsborough County School Board. His opponent is Melissa Snively, a businesswoman and chairwoman of a local chapter of the Chamber of Commerce who has endorsed her. The state and national Chamber is extremely supportive of Common Core. Here is what the Tampa Tribune says about Kemple's stand regarding Common Core:
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Kemple opposes the new Florida Standards and the new state tests that come with them.If elected, he said he would lobby legislators to get rid of the language arts and math education goals, which are based on the Common Core State Standards adopted by most states and designed to better prepare students for college and careers."I think we need to do everything possible to influence the Legislature to slow down the train and ultimately stop Common Core," Kemple said, adding that the school district needs a contingency plan for how to scale back use of the standards if they are dropped."I think it's detrimental to the educational process in America. I really want to see decision-making and control move back to the local community and away from Tallahassee and D.C."

Kemple has participated in many anti-Common Core meetings, press conferences, and forums while actively working to see them removed, Here is their discussion of Sniveley's position on Common Core:

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She, too, wants to see changes made to the new standards and the tests that go along with them."Parents are concerned about what's going to be on the test and how it's going to be scored," Snively said. "I'm up for the challenge of working with the state Legislature to either opt out completely or make significant changes to the assessments. However, we have to Read more

Posted in Political Aspects of Common Core. Tagged as HIllsborough County School Board, Melissa Snively, Terry Kemple.

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