8th Grader Suspended for Informing Classmates of Standardized Test āOpt-Outā
A New Mexico eighth-grader was suspended from school for letting her classmates know that they could opt out of the stateās new online standardized test.
12-year-old Adelina Silva printed out the forms from her own schoolās website and was rewarded with a trip to the principalās office.
Adelina and her mother, Jacqueline Ellvinger, appeared on āFox and Friendsā this morning to explain what happened and why Adelina was punished.
"I wanted the parents to know that they had the option to let the student either take the test or not," Adelina said.
"I was sent to the principalās office for an hour and 20 minutes and then at the end of the day she ended up suspending me."
The school district released a statement, saying, āSanta Fe Public Schools supports a parentās right to opt his or her child out of state-mandated standardized testing ā¦ no students in the district have been disciplined for supporting or promoting this district policy of a parentās right to opt their child out of testing.ā
Ellvinger said her daughterās rights were violated even though she didnāt do anything wrong.
"She did absolutely nothing wrong and yet they are making her feel like she did," Ellvinger said, adding that sheās "furious" and has spoken to the stateās senators.
Despite the negative reaction from the school, Adelina said she would do the same thing again.
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