California school privacy “opt-out” form for Common Core and certain procedures
Photo: Tony Dolz, Founder of Concerned Parents of Conejo Valley
Press Release
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Changes on the new version
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The Opt Out form has a new name, “California Privacy Protection Opt Out Form”
So use it like this . . . .
California Privacy Protection Opt Out Form
Defeats Common Core Nationalized K-12 Data Mining Initiative
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Why
Polls show that 66% of parents never heard of Common Core and those who have don’t know what it is.
On the other hand, most Americans are alarmed about spying and sloppy or illegal actions from FBI, CIA, NSA, IRS and countless other government agencies. In other words, most people value PRIVACY and would like to protect it.
As we hand out these forms in public places, our chances that it will be retained and read are much higher if the thing that stands out the most is PRIVACY PROTECTION.
Our aim is to defeat Common Core, but in California, given the laws that protect privacy, privacy is the best way to approach this.
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Amended Instructions. Item 7 on the back side of the form has been amended and now reads like this,
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7) Ask the school secretary or school principal to sign and date; and or to place the school
“Received” stamp on each copy of the form. The Opt Out form is an assertion of your legal rights and not an agreement. The signature from the school is not required to “validate” your demand. The school signature is only to serve as proof that they were put on notice of your legal rights and that the violation of your rights will be at their own peril.
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Other Updates,
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Divorced Parents, Custody Battles and the opt out form. According to the senior counsel of the Pacific Justice Institute, our attorneys, there is nothing we can do with the form to avoid ongoing custody battles. The attorney suggest that the only solution is for the parents to work it out between themselves. I would suggest that you do not take a chance if your ex-espouse is looking for excuses to make trouble.
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Submitting the opt out form to Los Cerritos Middle School. A number of parents submitted the California Privacy Protection Opt Out Form to the principal at Los Cerritos Middle School. The meeting yielded interesting information. Apparently the district has been discussing and monitoring the various meeting being held by parents around the district regarding Common Core. The district is aware of the Opt Out Form and it is their policy to accept them and comply with the request. The most interesting information however is this . . . the principal told me, essentially, is of getting a torrent of opt out forms. If you are looking for a disruptive strategy to discourage Common Core advancing in general, look no further than seeing to it that the district is flooded with opt out forms. My take is that they are terrified of a flood of forms being submitted.
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The Next Phase. Now that the submission of the opt out form is an accepted established procedure (with the event at Los Cerritos), we need to move to the next phase. Substantially increasing the number of parents opting out. Lets plan on organizing volunteers to pass out the opt out form at public events attracting families with children of school age and at schools. Contact me for that.
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Two Videos Ready. The video of the November 6 event on Common Core Data Mining and Privacy is ready and will be uploaded shortly. We now have two videos. The video of the June 10th event on What is Common Core with Dr. Evers and Dr. Stotsky and the November 6 event with Dr. Chappell and the president of the Pacific Justice Institute.
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CONTACT 5 PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW AND ASK THEM TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL ASK THEM TO CONSIDER OPTING OUT OF DATA MINING.
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Best wishes,
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Tony Dolz
Tel. 310 371 7500