<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello Neighborhood school Families,<div>Below is the copy of The Resolution on Pre-K-2nd Testing created by the Time Out from Testing organization and passed by the Neighborhood School Leadership team. We are joining the other elementary schools in NYC who are doing the same. We plan to inform the DOE that we stand together on this issue.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Hyunyup Lee</div><div>SLT Member</div><!--StartFragment--><div><!--StartFragment--> <h1><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">RESOLUTION</span></font><o:p></o:p></h1> <div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">OUR SCHOOL WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY NEWLY PROPOSED MANDATORY STANDARDIZED TESTING FOR PRE K-2<sup><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">ND</span></font></sup> GRADERS. <o:p></o:p></li> </ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"> <o:p></o:p></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO GIFTED & TALENTED TESTING FOR THOSE PARENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN TESTED. <o:p></o:p></li> </ul> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">HOWEVER, THIS SHOULD BE DONE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL, BY PROFESSIONALS TRAINED IN TESTING, NOT BY TEACHERS.<o:p></o:p></li> </ul> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>NO SCHOOL FUNDS SHOULD BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING THE<o:p></o:p></li> </ul> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>NEWLY PRPOSED TESTS. <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">G & T TESTING SHOULD IN ALL CASES BE OPTIONAL, NOT MANDATED. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></li> </ul><div> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="">TESTING SUCH YOUNG CHILDREN IS ILL ADVISED BY NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EARLY CHILDHOOD EXERTS.</span></span></li></ul></div></body></html>