FLORIDA CATHOLICS AGAINST COMMON CORE
Where Catholics Can Come Together to Protect Their Children and Stop Common Core in our Schools
ACTION ALERT
COMMON CORE TASK FORCE LISTENING SESSIONS FORMED
Please read below, a series of listening sessions have been prepared to get imput from parents, grandparents and all concerned about the effects of Common Core aligned curriculum and assessments.
From the Common Core Task Force Diocese of St. Augustine
Bishop Estévez has tasked a committee to study the Common Core State Standards and develop a position statement for the diocese concerning this issue. The committee would like to hear your comments and your ideas on this topic. You may find the standards at corestandards.org. This will be a true listening session and not a discussion or presentation. Due to time constraints and so that everyone has a chance to be heard, comments will be limited to three minutes. You are invited to attend any one of five listening sessions to be held at the following locations:
Monday, March 16 – 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church-Haut Hall, Orange Park
Monday, March 23 – 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Assumption Catholic Church-Kohls Hall, Jacksonville
Monday, April 20 – 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
St. Joseph Catholic Church – upstairs in the Cody Enrichment Center, Jacksonville
Saturday, April 25 – 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
St. Paul Catholic Church-Family Life Center, Jacksonville Beach
Saturday, May 2 – 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
St. Francis Catholic High School-Media Center
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please promote the listening sessions to your parishioners by including this announcement in your bulletin. For more details, email Deacon David Yazdiya, chair, at davidyazdiya@bishopsnyder.org.