Leon County advocates, parents push to skip 2020-2021 standardized testing
Tallahassee advocates plead with FEA for no 2020-2021 standardized testing
and last updated 2021-02-24 18:33:34-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â In a year that s been anything but standard, concerned parents are pleading with district superintendents and the Department of Education to not require this year s standardized testing.
The Title One Advisory Council in Leon County sent a letter to the Florida Senate Committee on Education urging state officials to allow the robust progress monitoring required throughout the pandemic to take the place of this year s standardized testing requirement.
It says the in-person proctoring required for standardized testing would not allow for proper social distancing, a major concern for parents who opted for remote learning or who have students with heightened health sensitivities.
Laura Margaret Collins, 81, of Columbia, died on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Born in Troy, NY, on September 5, 1939, she was a daughter of the late John and Caroline Grace Taylor. She was a snake handler with the traveling Circus S before moving to Columbia in the early 1960âs. She enjoyed volunteering for the Title One Advisory Council of Education in Richland County. Laura spent her life being a large advocate for education.
Survivors include her sons, Anthony John Booth (Sheila) and Joseph Booth; daughters, Jacqueline âJackieâ Booth Davidson, and Terrie Medlin; as well as a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Collins; and a granddaughter, Trinity Booth.