- Write a Refuse The Test letter to your child’s school advising them your child will not take the Smarter Balanced Assessment during this school year and you expect your child to have an education while other students are testing and hand it to the administrator of the school first thing in the morning
- Attend a press conference outside Legislative Hall in Dover at 12:30 pm and go to the State Board of Education meeting at 1pm and give public comment about your opposition to Regulation 103
- Talk with other parents at your child’s school about opt-out if they are not aware of it
- Wear a red shirt as a symbol of protest for Parent Strike
- Drop off flyers everywhere you go with a print-out of these bullet points
- Paint REFUSE THE TEST on your car (with temporary paint)
- Paint REFUSE THE TEST on Gov. Markell’s car (with non-removable paint)
- Use stealth guerrilla tactics: Put sticky notes everywhere (bathroom stalls, school supplies, in cereal and toy aisles at stores, anywhere you can think of) with REFUSE THE TEST written on it
- Thank your child’s teacher for all they do and that you are willing to fight for them
- Help a parent write a REFUSE THE TEST letter
- On the night before, use sidewalk chalk on pathways parents use to walk their children to school
- Whatever you can think of to legally spread the message
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