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Parents press Lexington 1 board over frequent elementary testing and transparency about curriculum
Summary
Two public commenters urged the board to reduce testing and increase transparency about curriculum and assessments; a parent described weekly testing and rising tutoring costs, and another asked who sets common assessments and raised concern about proposed policy changes that could remove daily science/social-studies time.
Molly Reynolds, a parent of two fourth-graders, told the Lexington County School District 1 Board of Trustees she is seeing repeated testing in elementary grades and growing test anxiety among students. "Our kids are basically being tested to death," Reynolds said, describing testing she estimates occurs "on average 4 to 5 times a week" and telling the board she spends "over $400 a month" on outside tutoring to help her children keep up.
Jason Carnaval raised…
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