West Virginia Students Being Suspended For Opting Out Of Common Core Tests

April 26, 2015 in News by RBN Staff

Source: Mental Recession
By:   April 24, 2015

Parents of students at Liberty High School in West Virginia are receiving phone calls from the school indicating that their child will be suspended if they opt out of Common Core testing next week.

Eric Madia posted his thoughts (HT Conservative Byte) after receiving a phone call from the principal:

I just received a phone call from Liberty High School’s principle regarding my decision to opt Joshua out of the common…

Posted by Eric L Madia on Thursday, April 23, 2015

Superintendent Mark Manchin called into the Mike Queen show on WAJR and confirmed that actions would be taken against students who opt out, saying it would allow kids to opt out of other rules that the school has such as smoking in front of the school.

Manchin also compared opting out to driving 80 mph down the highway.  He added, “We simply can not allow them to opt out.”

“If we allow that door to open, where people can unilaterally decide what parts of public education they adhere to and which they don’t, I think we’re creating a system that will be very, very difficult to work with.”

He added, “Parents don’t have the right to pick and choose the provisions of public education in which they feel they want to comply with.”

Manchin says “We will send a message to all the parents here in Harrison County.”

We spoke to Mr. Madia after his Facebook post who said he will not back down on this issue.

“I am going to instruct my child to not take the test,” Madia said.  “He will not be punished.”

Listen to Manchin continue threatening students and parents with suspension below…