Van
White, the attorney handling the class action lawsuit of parents whose child
was punished for opting out of the state exams in the Rochester area, is
looking for information from New York state parents, to be sent to him at van.white@thelegalbrief.com.
More
specifically, he would like to hear from parents if their children opted out of
these exams and were punished in some way by their schools or districts, as
well as from parents whose children opted out but received no punishment.
He is especially interested in hearing from parents of children who were
deprived of some "instructionally related event or material" as a
result.
Please send him your stories, along with your name, school, district and your child's grade level, to help him gather evidence about unequal treatment of students across the state. His email is below; please contact him directly with this information.
Please send him your stories, along with your name, school, district and your child's grade level, to help him gather evidence about unequal treatment of students across the state. His email is below; please contact him directly with this information.
More
on this case can be found here. The
defendants in the lawsuit include the State of New York, the NYS Education
Department, Commissioner of Education John B. King, the Rush-Henrietta School
District, its Board of Education, Superintendent J. Kenneth Graham Jr., and the
Burger Middle School principal. And please forward this message to other
parents. Thanks!
On Apr 27, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Van White <van.white@thelegalbrief.com>
wrote:
Hello. My name is Van White. I am an attorney in
Rochester, NY. By now I think you may have heard from several sources …that I am representing a family whose son is
being punished (no extra curricular activities for each day he refused to take the
state assessment exams). One of the claims made in the suit
is that there is great disparity among how children are being treated for
having opted out and this inequity, we argue, amounts to a
violation of the Equal Protection clause.
To support this claim I'm looking for parents/students who
opted out and were either punished or not punished. Because it
seems that most districts did not punish, I am especially interested
in cases where students were punished. Moreover in those cases (where
they were punished) I am particularly interested in those
students who were denied access to some instructionally related event or
material. (That is because the more the activity relates to the
instructional arena, the more likely the court will find that it is a
constitutional violation.) I am trying to amend the complaint (with any
additional clients or facts that I get) to keep the case moving along,
so your prompt response would be appreciated. Please let me know if
you need anything further. Thank you.
4 comments:
Horray! Horray! It's finally happening! Go NY! Your success will help the rest of us!
Nina Seifert Bishop
It is time for all parents to opt out of these exams until they stop using them to punish students and teachers based on these inaccurate results.
Good luck in your lawsuit!!
Now I can finally say...I LOVE NY!
Now I can finally say...I LOVE NY!
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