Monroe County School Board Members Challenged - "Will You Take the FCAT?"

UPDATE 1: Rob Smith-Martin was the first to respond to the question - "Will you take the FCAT and publicize the results.  Within 14 minutes of my first email, Smith-Martin simply replied "FCAT is being phased-out."

Vice Chair Andy Griffiths replied, "Hey Matt, I'm in..."

One of those guys answered the question, the other would fail the FCAT if they answered simple questions with irrelevant answers.  Like: What color is the sky? "Seven."

No other replies as of yet.  

UPDATE 2: John Dick is in!
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After a recent article in the Washington Post came out about how Orange County School Board Member Rick Roach failed the FCAT miserably, an online poll here at Naked Conch has illustrated that respondents favor dumping the Statewide test by a margin of 3 to 1.

While discussing the issue with School Board Vice Chair Andy Griffiths on the Naked Conch Radio Hour on KONK, a reader commented by suggesting we challenge Griffiths to take the FCAT.

I thought perhaps we could be equitable and challenge ALL of our School Board Members to take the FCAT.  In fact, if we can get all five to commit, I'll sharpen up a No. 2 pencil, break out the ol' slide rule and join 'em.


I think this is important, considering State Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson recently proposed raising the FCAT bar.

So I await their responses anxiously.  (Hopefully they will respond faster than Mary Cintron.)  If any of you out there like this idea, I suggest you contact them and encourage them to take the test.

Here are their email addresses;


John.Dick@keysschools.com
Andy.Griffiths@keysschools.com
Robin.Smith-Martin@keysschools.com
Duncan.Mathewson@keysschools.com
Ron.MartinSB@keysschools.com