December 9, 2020 by EMAIL New York State Education Department & New York State Board of Regents 89 Washington Avenue Albany

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December 9, 2020

BY EMAIL

New York State Education Department & New York State Board of Regents 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234

Re: Suspend New York State Regulations requiring students to pass Regents exams in 2020-21 to graduate from high school

Dear Interim Commissioner Rosa, Vice Chancellor Brown and Members of the Board of Regents:

We are parents, students and educators from across New York State. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, we are writing to thank you for extending COVID-19 graduation exemptions to allow students to graduate without January 2021 Regents exams and to ask you to immediately suspend requirements that students pass Regents exams during the 2020-21 school year to graduate from high school.

Last school year, COVID-19 graduation exemptions reassured us that if students demonstrated mastery of State standards through their coursework – whether in-person, remote or hybrid – this pandemic would not affect their ability to graduate. We are asking you to extend last year’s COVID-19 exemptions through August 2021 because we need to plan now for the rest of this school year and know what will be expected this year for high school graduation.

We appreciate your decision to cancel January exams due to ongoing concerns about how to administer the tests safely, equitably and fairly, and understand that you have not yet decided whether to give exams in June and August. We also know that the federal Department of Education has not yet granted a waiver from state testing requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), as it did last year. However, ESSA requires only that state tests be given, not that they be used for graduation. So, regardless of whether June and August Regents exams are ultimately administered, nothing prevents you from exempting students from the requirement to pass exams this year to graduate.

Extending COVID-19 exemptions now would let students and teachers focus on the work of teaching and learning, confident that students who meet all other graduation requirements will not lose their chance to earn a diploma because of COVID-19. Remote and hybrid instruction is challenging for all learners, and the inequities of remote learning have also been extensively documented. Students from all areas of New York--urban, suburban, and rural--have had a hard time finding reliable Wi-Fi, up-to-date technology, and even space at home to participate in a live class or to study quietly. For students with disabilities and families that speak languages other than English, remote learning is even more challenging. And as we move into winter, many of us are still dealing with the traumas of 2020 and our present circumstances; we are living through the loss of jobs by those close to us, declining mental and physical health, and for some of us, death of family members, friends, classmates, or co-workers.

Requiring students and teachers to prepare for high-stakes, in-person graduation tests—that may or may not be administered--is incredibly stressful and takes away from the work we are all doing to prepare young people for college, career and civic readiness. We are asking you to act now to remove this stress, to allow us all to plan for the year ahead, and to assure students across New York State that, if they complete their coursework successfully, they will be able to graduate without Regents exams this year.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 1 12/9/2020 Isaiah Acquaye high school student Brooklyn NY 11226 2 12/9/2020 Mohammed Amin high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11230 3 12/8/2020 Nate Arms high school student Hopewell Junction NY 12533 if dis petition doesn't work we should just stage a revolution deadass 4 12/3/2020 Luna Aroyo high school student Hopewell Junction NY 12533 it shouldn't be required! we have been distant learning basically since the beginning of the year and some ppl already have trouble comprehending what is 5 12/7/2020 Nevaeh Austin high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 taught to them from a screen 6 12/8/2020 Tyrelle Biggers high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 It's a bad idea to do regents from home 7 12/7/2020 Jayandre Boscia high school student Carmel High School It is unfair to all students 8 12/8/2020 Justin Bowen high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 9 12/7/2020 Joey C high school student Holmes NY 12531 10 12/7/2020 Rosa Calogero high school student New York NY 11 12/8/2020 Jenissa Campos Gonzaga high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11219 12 12/8/2020 Duncan Carruth high school student Brewster Brewster NY 10509 13 12/7/2020 Miriam Cepeda high school student Bronx NY 10452 We are in a pandemic where everyone is going through Struggle NO ONE NEEDS TO BE STRESSSED WITH A EXAM UNLESS ITS DRIVING OR GETTING INTO 14 12/8/2020 Khalil Clark high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 A SCHOOL 15 12/7/2020 Ella Constable high school student New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 16 12/7/2020 Civonte Cooper high school student Carmel High School Patterson NY 12563 17 12/7/2020 Bebe Cosgrove high school student Stone Ridge NY 12484 18 12/7/2020 Rachael Dandreano high school student Pawling NY 12564 19 12/7/2020 Chloe Davidson high school student Oyster Bay NY 11714 20 12/7/2020 Alexandra Davis high school student Pawling NY 12564 21 12/7/2020 Maddy Decola high school student Mahopac High School Mahopac NY 10541 22 12/5/2020 Denise Degiorgio high school student Smithtown Smithtown NY 11780 23 12/8/2020 Ada Delacruz high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School NY 24 12/7/2020 Alexis Dempsey high school student John F. Kennedy Catholic Prep School Carmel NY 10512 25 12/7/2020 Julia Demskie high school student Highland NY 12528 26 12/8/2020 Emma Divalentino high school student New Paltz NY 12561 27 12/9/2020 Tseten Dolkar high school student Woodside NY 11377 28 12/8/2020 Simone Domenick high school student Carmel NY 10512 29 12/7/2020 Charlee Domitrovits high school student New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 30 12/7/2020 Sofia Dumas high school student Carmel High School Tivoli NY 12583 31 12/3/2020 Kayla Feinberg high school student Wappingers Falls NY 12590 32 12/8/2020 Josh Fierro high school student Windham NY 12496 33 12/8/2020 Madison Fikaris high school student Carmel NY 10512 Students have not gotten the same learning experience this year. There is no arguing that. Every school is also doing their own thing so no one in the state is 34 12/8/2020 Alex Frenza high school student New York NY 12561 one the same page. Therefore the regents would be very unfair. 35 12/8/2020 Alexis Garcia high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11209 36 12/8/2020 Angel Gomez high school student Brooklyn NY 11215 There's no way of passing the regents. They should be cancelled every year. Too 37 12/8/2020 Susan Grace high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 hard to pass 38 12/7/2020 Ramon Graupera high school student Brooklyn NY 11238 39 12/5/2020 Cristian Grella high school student North Shore High School Glen Head NY 11545 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 40 12/8/2020 Benjamin Harris high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 41 12/8/2020 Mackenzie Hayes high school student Holmes NY 12531 42 12/8/2020 Kyi Haynes high school student Brooklyn NY 11208 43 12/8/2020 Merin Hemminger high school student New Paltz NY 12561 44 12/8/2020 Jonathan Hernandez high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 45 12/8/2020 Claire Hornbeck high school student Pine Bush High School Pine Bush NY 12566 I think it should be extended, due to the pandemic some kids may be struggling more than usual because of the lack of help they're receiving; as well as an added addition referring to HSE/GED takers there are a lot of people trying to obtain their HSE/GED and the amount of time the government is giving is not enough for the people to learn every subject into one test, I just believe it should be extended for the sack of educational system and the 46 12/3/2020 Totiyona Jefferies high school student Bronx NY 10460 majority 47 12/8/2020 Deja Johnson high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Bronx NY 10466 48 12/8/2020 Tiffany Johnson high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Staten Island NY 10304 49 12/3/2020 Reachele Kauhl high school student Franklinville High School Franklinville NY 14737 I don't do well on regents even if I study I think they are hard to take. 50 12/8/2020 Hailey Kegler high school student Clarkstown High School North Congers NY 10920 51 12/7/2020 Jaida Knight high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 52 12/8/2020 Isabella Kuehne high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11223 53 12/8/2020 Kelly Lappin high school student John Jay High School Stormville NY 12582 54 12/3/2020 Dominic Lawrence high school student Ten Brock Academy Franklinville NY 14737 With New York State being the only state that requires regents testing, i deem it unfair that it can affect my college application while many other students across the nation who never had to take the test, can get into the very same college either 55 12/7/2020 Kaitlyn Lennon high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 way. 56 12/8/2020 Evelyn Leon high school student Brooklyn NY 11220 57 12/7/2020 Kaylee Lepore high school student Carmel High School 58 12/8/2020 Anahi Lezama high school student New York NY 11224 59 12/3/2020 Stephanie Liechti high school student Newark High School Newark NY 14513 This pandemic children are not learning to their full potential. 60 12/7/2020 Amy Litt high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 61 12/8/2020 Jack Loft high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 We can't have regents , we barely know anything on them. We'd all fail them. 62 12/7/2020 Thomas Lotz high school student Carmel High School Putnam Valley NY 10579 63 12/8/2020 Jade Mack high school student Hopewell Junction NY 12533 64 12/8/2020 Elijah Mallory high school student Carmel NY 10512 65 12/8/2020 Abigail Mckogg high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11226 Let's make this work gang 66 12/5/2020 Andrew McLellan high school student North Shore High School Glen Head NY 11545 67 12/8/2020 Jerimyah Medina high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 68 12/8/2020 Kevin Menjivar high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11226 69 12/8/2020 Jerry Mentle high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11214 70 12/7/2020 Bren Montero high school student New Paltz NY 12561 71 12/7/2020 Lily Moreira high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 72 12/8/2020 Fabian Morgan high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11236 I think it would be highly unfair for anyone to do this test due to the stress caused 73 12/8/2020 Jahaira Newkirk high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Bronx NY 10455 from COVID-19 & the Black Lives Matter movement 74 12/8/2020 Lola Niehga high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 We can't take regents , no way of passing. 75 12/8/2020 Asia Nunez high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 76 12/7/2020 Elchonon Osina high school student Far Rockaway NY 11691 77 12/8/2020 Alexander Perkins high school student Hampton NY 12837 78 12/7/2020 Madeline Plotkin high school student Carmel High School Holmes NY 12531 79 12/8/2020 Michelle Procyk high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11223 There's no way of passing these tests when we barely learn or are motivated to learn. We don't know anything on the regents. We shouldn't take them , it's 80 12/8/2020 Maria Quezada high school student Carmel High School impossible to pass. 81 12/7/2020 Sasha Ramdat high school student Carmel High School 82 12/8/2020 Aidan Reynolds high school student New Paltz NY 12561 83 12/9/2020 Jazenia Rodriguez-Sloley high school student Brooklyn NY 11214 84 12/7/2020 Sage Russell high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 No one knows what's going on at home. It is impossible to require students to get good grades in order to graduate when people are unaware of what that person's 85 12/8/2020 Jena Russo high school student New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 personal home situation is like. 86 12/7/2020 Maderas Santalone high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 87 12/3/2020 Marisa Sarnelli high school student Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 88 12/7/2020 Nina Sarubbi high school student New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 89 12/9/2020 Lea Schlosser high school student Highland High School Highland NY 12528 90 12/7/2020 Eva Self high school student Edward R Murrow High School Brooklyn NY 11205 91 12/8/2020 Teresa Shkreli high school student Carmel Central School District Brewster NY 10509 92 12/8/2020 Lorenny Silverio high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11220 We are dealing with a serious sickness that's killing everybody 93 12/8/2020 Grace Smith high school student Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 No way of passing those regents. No one will be able to pass. 94 12/7/2020 Bethany Smith high school student Carmel High School not enough prep for regents 95 12/8/2020 Rae Stauss high school student New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 96 12/8/2020 Claudia Stroble Lewis high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 97 12/8/2020 Lily Sturgis high school student New Paltz NY 12561 98 12/7/2020 Adriana Torres high school student New York NY 11224 99 12/8/2020 Tatiyana Tucker high school student Carmel High School Stormville NY 12582 100 12/8/2020 Christopher Veliz high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11224 101 12/8/2020 Destiny Vera high school student New York NY 11224 102 12/7/2020 Christine Vigliotti high school student Highland NY 12528 103 12/7/2020 Fiona Walsh high school student New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 104 12/7/2020 Wolfie Whalley high school student ICE Brooklyn NY 11216 105 12/8/2020 Ronnette Whitaker high school student Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11223 106 12/7/2020 Khalil Williams high school student Brooklyn NY 11238 107 12/8/2020 Sage Wolfson high school student New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 108 12/3/2020 Carelle Zak high school student Brooklyn NY 11235 109 12/7/2020 Jenna Zillitto high school student Preston High School Bronx NY 10465 110 12/5/2020 Stacey Aaronson parent/guardian Old Bethpage NY 11804 111 12/3/2020 Aliza Aaronson Greenberg parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 112 12/7/2020 Ibrahim Aashour parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11214 113 12/5/2020 Stacy Ackerman parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 114 12/3/2020 Jodi Acquaviva parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 115 12/8/2020 Laurie Adourian parent/guardian New Paltz Central School District New Paltz NY 12561 116 12/3/2020 Rizoly Aguiar parent/guardian Bronx NY 10463 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 117 12/7/2020 Marisol Aguilar parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11229 With half the time of remote school the children are not getting enough curriculum 118 12/2/2020 Alicia Alfred parent/guardian Fishkill NY 12524 time to be properly prepared for a regents exam 119 12/5/2020 Francine Almash parent/guardian Fort Hamilton High School Brooklyn NY 11209 120 12/7/2020 Laura Amedio parent/guardian Albany High School Albany NY 12203 121 12/6/2020 Olugbemisola Amusashonubiperkovic parent/guardian New York NY 10027 122 12/3/2020 J Anders parent/guardian New York NY 11101 I am not any of those options - just a concerned citizen 123 12/6/2020 Tricia Andrews parent/guardian Buffalo NY 14221 All kids who have to take regents to graduate in any grade should be exempt and they should discontinue regents all together. My son is affected and isn't 124 12/3/2020 Heather Angstreich parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 graduating until 2023 125 12/4/2020 Melissa Antonucci parent/guardian JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 126 12/4/2020 Rose Appese parent/guardian Bronx NY 10464 127 12/3/2020 Cynthia Aridas parent/guardian Tarrytown NY 10591 The quality of instruction and the lower amount of instruction with students should not be held against students for the 2020-2021 school year. No required Regents 128 12/5/2020 Christine Augugliaro parent/guardian Niagara-Wheatfield High School Niagara Falls NY 14304-4640 exams. 129 12/5/2020 Rachel Avery parent/guardian Clarkstown High School South New City NY 10956 130 12/8/2020 Dawn Babbush parent/guardian Brooklyn Millennium Brooklyn NY 11238 Let the focus be on teaching and learning! 131 12/5/2020 Tracy Bacher parent/guardian Sea Cliff NY 11579 132 12/4/2020 Jeanette Badger parent/guardian Division Ave High School Levittown NY 11756 133 12/2/2020 Crystal Baker-Burr parent/guardian Park Ave Elementary Warwick NY 10990 134 12/5/2020 James Balz parent/guardian Lindenhurst High School Lindenhurst NY 11757 135 12/6/2020 Paige Banfield parent/guardian Brewster NY 10509 136 12/4/2020 Sarah Banner parent/guardian Hartsdale NY 10530 137 12/2/2020 Susan Barlanti parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590-2210 138 12/5/2020 C Baron parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 This school year needs to be a no harm year for students and educators. The 139 12/4/2020 Douglas Barrett parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 focus should not be on standardized exams. 140 12/4/2020 Amy Barrett parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 141 12/3/2020 Jennifer Bartlett parent/guardian White Plains High School West Harrison NY 10604 142 12/6/2020 Martha Basile parent/guardian Sea Cliff NY 11579 143 12/6/2020 Heather Bazarnik parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 144 12/4/2020 Atina Bazin parent/guardian New York NY 11375 145 12/2/2020 Neil Becker parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Farmingdale NY 11735 146 12/5/2020 Allison Becker parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Farmingdale NY 11735 147 12/3/2020 Lori Beiner parent/guardian Islip Terrace NY 11752 My son is failing math due to not ring in class and has an online tutor. Children cannot learn this way you NYSED is failing our kids. You cannot test if you are not 148 12/5/2020 Joanne Bennett parent/guardian New City NY 10956 teaching properly 149 12/4/2020 Kim Berkowitz parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 150 12/2/2020 Gloria Bidmead parent/guardian Tappan NY 10983 151 12/5/2020 Rachel Birdsall parent/guardian New York NY 10009 152 12/5/2020 Jessica Blatt parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11205 153 12/4/2020 Jessica Blickstein parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 154 12/3/2020 Kristen Bo parent/guardian Fishkill NY 12524 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 155 12/4/2020 Jennifer Bomwell parent/guardian Ossining School District Ossining NY 10562 156 12/5/2020 Laura Bono parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 157 12/7/2020 Erica Borrelli parent/guardian New York NY 11224 158 12/3/2020 Marina Bournias parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 159 12/3/2020 Courtney Bozsik parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 160 12/7/2020 Marnie Brady parent/guardian Edward R Murrow High School Brooklyn NY 11238 161 12/5/2020 Simone Braga parent/guardian Brooklyn Technical High School Astoria NY 11106 162 12/4/2020 Meryl Brandwein parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 163 12/4/2020 Kelly Braunagel parent/guardian Monroe Woodbury High School Monroe NY 10950 164 12/7/2020 Jhovanna Bravo parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11223 165 12/9/2020 Carey Braymer parent/guardian Granville NY 12832 166 12/3/2020 Susan Bredice parent/guardian Colonie Albany NY 12205 167 12/3/2020 Mandy Breslow parent/guardian Oyster Bay NY 11714 168 12/4/2020 Lori Bricker parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 The students and teachers are working so hard to compensate for the lack of face- to-face time in school. I don't see how regents exams are a feasible expectation given the significantly reduced ability to cover curriculum When many students are 169 12/7/2020 Holly Brooker parent/guardian Highland Highland NY 12528 only seeing their teachers 4/5 of the time Or less. This is not a normal year and while my kids may do fine the disparity with kids in inner cities, etc will make the divide even greater and may discourage some kids 170 12/5/2020 Christine Brophy parent/guardian Clarence High School Clarence Center NY 14032-9136 to even continue their education. Get your act together. Since the indoctrination of common core our kids have 171 12/3/2020 Carolyn Brophy parent/guardian John Jay High School Hopewell Junction NY 12533 been totally left behind!!! 172 12/6/2020 Abigail Brown parent/guardian Long Island City High School Jamaica NY 11435 173 12/7/2020 Takisha Brown parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 No Regent's 174 12/3/2020 Margaret Brown parent/guardian White Plains High School White Plains NY 10607 Please relieve the stress on kids and teachers who are struggling with remote learning. Please do this right away. The mental health of everyone is way more 175 12/2/2020 Jodie Brunn parent/guardian Farmingdale High School Farmingdale NY 11735 important this year!! 176 12/8/2020 Eileen Bruno parent/guardian Staten Island NY 10310 This needs to be resolved ASAP. THE INEQUITY in education statewide demands 177 12/5/2020 Bonnie Buckley parent/guardian Bellport NY 11713 it. 178 12/5/2020 Jessica Buckley parent/guardian Lindenhurst High School Lindenhurst NY 11757 179 12/7/2020 Brian Buda parent/guardian Liverpool High School Liverpool NY 13090 180 12/8/2020 Tara Bunton parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561-3505 181 12/5/2020 Rose Burgos parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 182 12/7/2020 Tyra Bushell parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11210 183 12/6/2020 Kristin Cacal parent/guardian Brewster NY 10509 184 12/8/2020 Sandi Cafaldo parent/guardian New Paltz Central School District New Paltz NY 12561 185 12/3/2020 Andrea Calabria parent/guardian Central Islip NY 11722 186 12/7/2020 Sabrina Callari parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 Please stop setting standards that are not created equally! With hybrid models of learning and less time in class, giving a Regents to any child at the secondary level would be cruel. They have enough anxiety as it is with the pandemic and trying to navigate the hybrid way of learning. Cancel and Get Rid of 187 12/2/2020 Melissa Cantalupo parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Poughkeepsie NY 12603 Regents! 188 12/3/2020 Theresa Caputo parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 189 12/7/2020 Isabel Cardenas parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11220 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 190 12/8/2020 Susan Cardillo parent/guardian West Hempstead NY 11552 191 12/7/2020 Carolyn Carello parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 192 12/4/2020 Helen Caridi parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 193 12/2/2020 Jerilin Carota parent/guardian Yonkers NY 10704 194 12/3/2020 Jenna Carpenter parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 195 12/3/2020 Jenna Carpenter parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 196 12/3/2020 Allison Carr-Breen parent/guardian Island Trees High School Levittown NY 11756 Due to covid and budget cuts my children are fully virtual. This is not a level 197 12/8/2020 Kate Carroll parent/guardian Albany High School Albany NY 12208 playing field. Please cancel the June 2021 Regents exams. 198 12/3/2020 Elizabeth Casabianca parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 199 12/3/2020 Julie Case Case parent/guardian East Setauket NY 11733 200 12/3/2020 Lauren Castaldo parent/guardian Poughkeepsie NY 12603

It is December. my child is enrolled oh hybrid learning in tenth grade and attend school 2-3 days a week .He has been quarantined 3 times since September due to exposure. Unfortunately this year had been unsuccessful. He is very behind and 201 12/3/2020 Susan Cavanagh parent/guardian Rye Neck HS Rye NY 10580 regents would be unattainable at this point . Please suspend regents for this year 202 12/5/2020 Chris Cerrone parent/guardian Springville-GI Springville NY 14141 203 12/4/2020 Eileen Chasan parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 I think regents, in general, should be de removed. If a child passes the classes 204 12/5/2020 Libby Cherian parent/guardian Congers NY 10920 (consists of teacher administered tests), that should be sufficient for credit. 205 12/5/2020 Patrick Cinotti parent/guardian Lindenhurst UFSD Lindenhurst NY 11757 206 12/9/2020 Nicole Cintron parent/guardian Roslyn Heights NY 11577 207 12/5/2020 Margaret Cioffi parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 208 12/5/2020 Stephanie Circosta parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 209 12/4/2020 Jill Cirri parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 210 12/3/2020 Dawn Ciulla parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 211 12/8/2020 Sabrina Cochran parent/guardian New York NY 10026 212 12/3/2020 Susan Cohen parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 213 12/5/2020 Michelle Cohen parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 214 12/7/2020 Michael Cohen parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 215 12/3/2020 Christine Cohen parent/guardian Poughkeepsie NY 12601 216 12/7/2020 Jodi Cohen parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 217 12/8/2020 Kim Colacicco parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 218 12/5/2020 Kirsten Cole parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11216 219 12/8/2020 Anne Conger parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 220 12/3/2020 Emily Conrad parent/guardian White Plains Public Schools White Plains NY 10605 221 12/4/2020 Mich Conway parent/guardian NY 12590 222 12/8/2020 Denise Cooper parent/guardian Highland NY 12528

This learning environment is extremely hard for many students/ teachers to effectively learn/teach all the curriculum needed for the exam. Please suspend the 223 12/5/2020 Shanna Cooperman parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 Regents so our students and teachers are punished by this pandemic. Thank you 224 12/2/2020 Denise Costa parent/guardian Deer Park NY 11729 225 12/2/2020 Catherine Costa parent/guardian Malverne High School Lynbrook NY 11563 226 12/5/2020 Clara Cregier parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 These poor kids have been through a lot in and out of school. Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 227 12/5/2020 Kristen Crimmins Pugh parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 228 12/4/2020 Paul Critti / Rispoli parent/guardian Valley Stream NY 11581 229 12/8/2020 Catherine Crofton parent/guardian New Paltz High School Gardiner NY 12525 230 12/7/2020 Lucinda Cross parent/guardian New Rochelle High School New Rochelle NY 10801 231 12/5/2020 Dafna Cruz parent/guardian New York NY 10467 Our children already are not getting what they need from DOE HOW CAN U EXPECT A CHILD TO PASS REGIONAL EXAMS WHEN THEY ARE NOT GETTING WHAT THEY NEED FROM SHOOLS. OUR CHILDREN ARE PRACTICALLY TEACHING THEMSELVES NOT BECAUSE OF THE TEACHERS 232 12/7/2020 Bethann Cuccurullo parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11234 THEY CANNOT TEACH PROPERLY ON LINE 233 12/8/2020 Patricia Culp parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 234 12/7/2020 Emily Cummo parent/guardian Skaneateles Skaneateles NY 13152-9347 235 12/2/2020 Fran D'Alessandro parent/guardian Port Washington NY 11050 236 12/4/2020 Caroline D'allura parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 237 12/4/2020 Stacy Daly parent/guardian Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 238 12/3/2020 Romina Damico parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Fishkill NY 12524 239 12/3/2020 Donna Dangelo parent/guardian Stormville NY 12582 240 12/3/2020 Pauline Davidson parent/guardian Syosset High School Plainview NY 11803 241 12/5/2020 Allison Davis Sica parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Old Bethpage NY 11804 I am a parent if a child with an IEP who learns differently, this year, while much better than last, with the one day in two days home, while some school are in full times orders only remote does not allow equity and for my son was not conducive 242 12/3/2020 Caryl Deiches parent/guardian Manor Plains HS WS Boces Huntington Station NY 11746 to how he learns 243 12/4/2020 Suzie Delane parent/guardian Iona Prep Rye NY 10580 244 12/4/2020 Melissa Demasi parent/guardian Mamaroneck High School Larchmont NY 10538 245 12/4/2020 Ruanne Deprinvil parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11226 246 12/2/2020 Nancy Deriggi parent/guardian John Jay High School Stormville NY 12582 247 12/5/2020 Megan Devir parent/guardian Millennium Brooklyn High School Brooklyn NY 11215 248 12/8/2020 Judith Diamond parent/guardian New Paltz High School Gardiner NY 12525 249 12/8/2020 Yasmine Dick parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Bronx NY 10455 250 12/3/2020 Pam Didomizio parent/guardian John Jay High School Fishkill NY 12524 251 12/5/2020 Anne Marie Dileo parent/guardian Mount Vernon NY 10553 252 12/3/2020 Jeanine Dilillo parent/guardian Paul D. Schreiber HS Port Washington NY 11050 Too many children are struggling with online learning. Let's not add to their stress this year. Let their class grade/testing be enough of an indicator to graduate/pass 253 12/5/2020 Elizabeth Dipierro parent/guardian James I O'Neill HS Fort Montgomery NY 10922 this year!!

Enough is enough on these poor kids! There is no normal until this pandemic is 254 12/5/2020 Tracy Distefano parent/guardian North Shore Sea Cliff NY 11579 brought under control. My kid is in bed with Covid. She's not studying for anything! 255 12/6/2020 Letitia Doggett parent/guardian Edward R Murrow HS and NYCiSchool Brooklyn NY 11215 Park School, Brookside School, AMD Middle 256 12/5/2020 Denisse Dommar parent/guardian School Ossining NY 10562 257 12/4/2020 Rebecca Donofrio parent/guardian Brewster NY 10509 258 12/6/2020 Kimberly Dorsey parent/guardian Ossining School District Ossining NY 10562 259 12/4/2020 Kathleen Dowling parent/guardian Blauvelt NY 10913 260 12/2/2020 Caitlynne Downey parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 261 12/3/2020 Norah Doyle parent/guardian Riverhead NY 11901 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 262 12/4/2020 Cheryl Dreyer parent/guardian Sachem Holtsville NY 11742 263 12/4/2020 Jessica Drukin parent/guardian Croton On Hudson NY 10520 264 12/9/2020 Gretchen Druttman parent/guardian Highland Highland NY 12528 265 12/3/2020 Heather Dubetsky parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 266 12/4/2020 Diana Duffy parent/guardian Floral Park NY 11001 The remote /hybrid learning has not prepared many kids for the regents. Many children struggle with online learning. Additionally, many students in science have 267 12/3/2020 Mary Dusavage parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 not had "hands on" practicals 268 12/4/2020 Diane Dymond parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 Please do this! Our kids' mental health is suffering from this ongoing pandemic-- especially the high school students. It is all too much. This could provide some 269 12/8/2020 Karen Edelman parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 breathing room. Thank you. 270 12/3/2020 Lisa Edwards parent/guardian Jamaica NY 11432 271 12/5/2020 Chris Egbert parent/guardian Massapequa Massapequa Park NY 11762 272 12/5/2020 Nannette Egbert parent/guardian Massapequa Park NY 11762 273 12/5/2020 Michele Egbert parent/guardian Plainedge HS Massapequa NY 11758 274 12/5/2020 Paul Egeert parent/guardian Plainedge HS Massapequa NY 11758 You people are abhorrent 275 12/3/2020 Rona Egert parent/guardian Old Bethpage NY 11804 276 12/2/2020 Tara Ehrlich parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 277 12/4/2020 Beth Elenko parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 278 12/8/2020 Elizabeth Ensign parent/guardian Harrison High School Harrison NY 10528 279 12/7/2020 Michele Evans parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 280 12/5/2020 Debra Failla parent/guardian West Harrison NY 10604 These tests are unwarranted and unnecessary. . 281 12/5/2020 Caroline Falby parent/guardian Art and Design High School Brooklyn NY 11226-5617 282 12/8/2020 Peggy Fallon parent/guardian Brewster NY 10509-5815 Get rid of Regents exams FOREVER! 283 12/3/2020 Jennifer Farenholc parent/guardian Brewster NY 10509 284 12/4/2020 Galit Feiner parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 285 12/7/2020 Valerie Felix parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 286 12/5/2020 Denise Fendrich parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 287 12/5/2020 Deborah Ferrara parent/guardian Congers NY 10920 288 12/4/2020 Elisa Ferrara parent/guardian Hauppauge High School Smithtown NY 11787 289 12/4/2020 Anthony Ferrara parent/guardian Hauppauge High School Smithtown NY 11787 290 12/2/2020 Alisa Ferrara parent/guardian Brewster High School Brewster NY 10509 291 12/4/2020 Marci Festa parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 292 12/4/2020 Patrice Finkelstein parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 293 12/7/2020 Christine Fischer parent/guardian Hewlett Woodmere School District Hewlett NY 11557 294 12/7/2020 Kristen Fischer parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 295 12/2/2020 Janine Fischer parent/guardian Sound Beach NY 11789 296 12/6/2020 Ashley Fisgus parent/guardian Clarence Central Schools Clarence Center NY 14032 297 12/5/2020 Jen Fishman parent/guardian Nanuet NY 10954 298 12/2/2020 Annmarie Fitzpatrick parent/guardian Port Washington NY 11050 299 12/7/2020 Rosemarie Flanagan parent/guardian Baldwin NY 11510 300 12/4/2020 Rachel Flockhart parent/guardian Farmingdale NY 11735 301 12/4/2020 Kim Flood parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 302 12/7/2020 Elizabeth Flores parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 303 12/5/2020 Melanie Flores parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 304 12/8/2020 Thomas Flynn parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 305 12/3/2020 Marcy Fogel parent/guardian Old Bethpage NY 11804 306 12/6/2020 Amy Forbes parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11215 307 12/4/2020 Jennifer Fox parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 308 12/5/2020 Diana Franco-Gallegos parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 309 12/4/2020 Leanne Freda parent/guardian Scarsdale High School Scarsdale NY 10583 310 12/7/2020 Viki Frenche parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11203 311 12/4/2020 Diana Frezza parent/guardian New City NY 10956 312 12/8/2020 Mia Friedle parent/guardian New Paltz High School The Science teachers are Forcing too much material For this learning environment. These kids need some compassion. It's not the time for these 313 12/5/2020 Stacy Frost parent/guardian Kingston NY 12401 meaningless tests. Children are not receiving the proper education to remotely pass these exams as 314 12/3/2020 Michelle Gaine parent/guardian Fishkill NY 12524 this time. 315 12/3/2020 Michelle Garceau parent/guardian West Harrison NY 10604 This entire year has been a shit show. NYS education department did nothing to prepare teachers or help students with distance learning. Just a push to in person only to be yanked in and out. Then you want state wide regents results. Please. 316 12/8/2020 Myra Garcia parent/guardian Students should have to pass basic competency and move on. 317 12/8/2020 Danielle Garcia parent/guardian New Paltz High School 318 12/4/2020 Heidi Garner parent/guardian Riverview HS HS Rockland BOCES Blauvelt NY 10913 319 12/3/2020 Stephanie Garron parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 320 12/5/2020 Jennifer Gavin parent/guardian New City NY 10956 321 12/3/2020 Tamara Gayer parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11211 322 12/7/2020 Dileny German parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 323 12/2/2020 Jennifer Ghidiu parent/guardian Rochester NY 14617 324 12/2/2020 Brenda Gibbs parent/guardian Ballston Lake NY 12019 325 12/6/2020 Joann Giulietti parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 326 12/2/2020 Melissa Gledura parent/guardian Newburgh Free Academy Newburgh NY 12550 327 12/3/2020 Joe Glickman parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 NYCiSchool and Edward R Murrow High 328 12/6/2020 Andrew Godsberg parent/guardian School Brooklyn NY 11215 329 12/3/2020 Wendy Goldberg parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 330 12/8/2020 Claudia Goldstein parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561-1226 331 12/4/2020 Nicole Gonzalez parent/guardian John Jay High School Hopewell Junction NY 12533 332 12/5/2020 Janna Goodman parent/guardian Clarkstown Central School District New City NY 10956 333 12/9/2020 Meghan Goodnow parent/guardian New Paltz High School Gardiner NY 12525 334 12/9/2020 Matthew Goodnow parent/guardian Gardiner NY 12525 335 12/5/2020 Shana Goodwin parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 336 12/2/2020 Krista Gorman parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561

337 12/3/2020 Michelle Graci parent/guardian East Setauket NY 11733 338 12/5/2020 Jonathan Greenberg parent/guardian I.S. 230 Jackson Heights NY 11372-2509 339 12/3/2020 Dorene Greenberg parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 340 12/5/2020 Kristine Gregorek parent/guardian Archbishop Molloy Middle Village NY 11379 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 341 12/5/2020 Liz Griffin parent/guardian Bethpage High School Oyster Bay NY 11714 342 12/2/2020 Roberta Grogan parent/guardian Seaford NY 11783 343 12/6/2020 Nancy Gross parent/guardian Floral Park NY 11001 I am also a preschool special education teacher. These children are stressed enough with everything going on with Covid...this whole year is so unpredictable with schools being every other day and closing when cases are in the schools quite often. Let them concentrate on passing the class and not stress passing a regents that is totally impossible to prepare fully for 344 12/8/2020 Karen Guglielmi parent/guardian West Hempstead NY 11552 in the current state of the schools. Please think about the children. 345 12/4/2020 Meena Guru parent/guardian Tarrytown NY 10591 346 12/4/2020 Aphrodite Gutierrez parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 NY students are not receiving the same education they normally would during a nonCovid school year. Many students don't have technology, many don't have support at home during virtual learning, many have chaos in their homes during virtual learning, many are not able to focus staring at a screen for 6 hrs a day, many are experiencing quarantines/fear/anxiety or possibly even family sick and dying. It is just not right to expect all NY state students to be able to pass a difficult 347 12/4/2020 Diana Hagan parent/guardian Albany NY Regents exam during such difficult times. 348 12/5/2020 Jessica Hahn parent/guardian New City NY 10956 349 12/5/2020 Tracey Hajba parent/guardian Kingston High School Hurley NY 12443 350 12/4/2020 Robert Hall parent/guardian NFA (west) Newburgh NY 12550 351 12/7/2020 Debra Hanley parent/guardian Kingston NY 12401 352 12/3/2020 Stephanie Hanratty parent/guardian White Plains High School White Plains NY 10603 353 12/2/2020 Bethanne Hanson parent/guardian John Jay High School Fishkill NY 12524 354 12/2/2020 Alysia Hargrove parent/guardian New York NY 10030 355 12/2/2020 Sheryl Harrell parent/guardian Brewerton NY 13029 356 12/5/2020 Rasheedah Harris parent/guardian Bronx NY 10461 357 12/5/2020 Rebecca Hegenauer parent/guardian Brewster High School Brewster NY 10509 358 12/4/2020 Leslie Heichman parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 Some schools have been back in person and others haven't. It is an inequitable playing field for students, and therefore a standardized test would give invalid data. Therefore, regents should not be administered until all students are back full time 359 12/6/2020 Larinda Heim parent/guardian Clarkstown Central School District New City NY 10956 for an entire school year. 360 12/7/2020 Aimee Hemminger parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 361 12/8/2020 Linda Hendrix parent/guardian Kingston City School District Lake Katrine NY 12449 362 12/5/2020 Rhonds Hennrich parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 363 12/5/2020 Beth Henry parent/guardian Massapequa NY 11758 Parent/teacher who knows in a good year these tests are a bad idea. Not all students have not had The same opportunity to cover all of the material during the pandemic. Some children have gone without any wifi or the proper devices. Those who have not had the same opportunities should not be ‚Äú 364 12/2/2020 Mary Henry parent/guardian Poughkeepsie NY 12603 punished‚Äù and not earn their diploma 365 12/5/2020 Lizette Hernandez parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 With as much uncertainty and upheaval that this years seniors are going through, I don't believe it's fair to expect them to take regents exams this year. Last year's seniors dealt with losing the last 3-4 months of their year. This year, the class of 2021 has been dealing with the ever changing schedules and uncertainty that this new COVID19 world brings. I think to be fair to the teachers and students, the 366 12/3/2020 Carrie Hernandez parent/guardian Brewster High School Patterson NY 12563 Board of Regents should consider this petition. 367 12/8/2020 Jennifer Heyl parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 368 12/5/2020 Jennifer Hickey parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 369 12/8/2020 Dawn Hillberg parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 370 12/2/2020 Randi Hodella parent/guardian Coram NY 11727 371 12/7/2020 Michelle Hoehman parent/guardian Clarence High School Clarence Center NY 14032 372 12/3/2020 Dawn Hoffman parent/guardian John Jay High School Fishkill NY 12524 Students will not be adequately prepared after so many hours of hybrid learning 373 12/2/2020 Tracy Hooker parent/guardian Camden High School Canastota NY 13032 and no time for hands on lessons or extra help. 374 12/5/2020 Sonya Hooks parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11221 375 12/8/2020 Tracy Hornbeck parent/guardian Pine Bush NY 12566 Please give them a break 376 12/2/2020 Cara Hristoforatos parent/guardian Port Washington NY 11050 377 12/4/2020 Amy Huang parent/guardian Greenburgh Central School District Hartsdale NY 10530 378 12/7/2020 Chastity Hughes parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 379 12/2/2020 Sona Hyde parent/guardian Paul D. Schreiber HS Port Washington NY 11050-4428 380 12/4/2020 Jamie Idi parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 381 12/2/2020 Daneen Izzo parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 382 12/5/2020 Danielle Jacobson parent/guardian New City NY 10956 383 12/7/2020 Katharine James parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11215 384 12/3/2020 Debra Jansson parent/guardian Oakdale NY 11769 385 12/3/2020 Janina Jarnich parent/guardian Valley Stream South Valley Stream NY 11581 386 12/5/2020 Allison Jaynes parent/guardian New City NY 10956 387 12/8/2020 Lynnann Jenich parent/guardian Brewster NY 10509 388 12/3/2020 Tracy Jensen parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 389 12/4/2020 Larissa Jensen parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 390 12/5/2020 Adam John parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 391 12/5/2020 Jennifer Johnson parent/guardian Nanuet Nanuet NY 10954 392 12/4/2020 Krista Johnson parent/guardian White Plains High School White Plains NY 10605 393 12/9/2020 Ro Johnson parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11208 394 12/4/2020 Amy Jospa parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 395 12/3/2020 Panagiota Kakavas parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 My child attends a Consortium school, so only one Regents exam is required for graduation (ELA). Her older sister who attended the same school is now in college, meaning she graduated high school also with just that one Regents exam. Having not had the Regents exams required of most other NYS children did not affect my child in the slightest. It did not matter in terms of her acceptance at selective colleges, nor has not having taken those exams made one iota of difference in her performance as a college students. It is high time NYS jettisoned this obsolete and constraining measure. And of course in this year of pandemic schooling, when the inequities in educational access are greater than ever, administering them would be grotesque. Let teachers and students focus on LEARNING (and social 396 12/5/2020 Kemala Karmen parent/guardian Institute for Collaborative Education, NYC Brooklyn NY 11215 emotional well being), not TESTING. 397 12/3/2020 Laurie Kass parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 398 12/5/2020 Rachel Kaufman parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 399 12/4/2020 Faith Kavy parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 400 12/5/2020 Erin Kearney parent/guardian Lake Grove NY 11755 401 12/4/2020 Michele Keenan parent/guardian Poughkeepsie NY 12603 402 12/2/2020 Jodi Keller parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments The struggles of learning out of the classroom, especially in a school district which has constantly disappointed in terms of opening and having equitable education opportunities, have affected every student. There is no responsible way to count a test taken this year on a record that will stay with them through their academic 403 12/9/2020 Marcia Kellogg parent/guardian New Paltz Middle School Highland NY 12528 careers. 404 12/2/2020 Lisa Kennedy parent/guardian Connetquot Central School District Ronkonkoma NY 11779 405 12/4/2020 Jen Kilbride parent/guardian Rockaway Park NY 11694 406 12/7/2020 Justin Kilz parent/guardian Skaneateles NY 13152 Please have mercy on our teens, who have been through so much this year. Many are mourning; many, many more are suffering severe depression and anxiety. 407 12/7/2020 Jungwon Kim parent/guardian LaGuardia High School Brooklyn NY 11233 How can they be expected to learn under these conditions? 408 12/3/2020 Deidre Kimble parent/guardian White Plains NY 10604 409 12/4/2020 Mary Kimmins parent/guardian West Nyack NY 10994 410 12/4/2020 Shannon King parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 411 12/4/2020 Jeannie King parent/guardian South Side High School Rockville Centre NY 11570 412 12/4/2020 Randi Kirchenberg parent/guardian Plainview NY 413 12/7/2020 Julie Kirshner parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11229 414 12/4/2020 Ronald Klein parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 415 12/3/2020 Lisa Klein parent/guardian Farmingdale Farmingdale NY 11735 416 12/6/2020 Lisa Kleinfeld parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 417 12/5/2020 Kathy Kline parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11226-6777 418 12/5/2020 Jennifer Klotz parent/guardian Clarkstown HS South and Felix Festa MS Nanuet NY 10954 419 12/4/2020 Wendy Knee parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 420 12/3/2020 Debra Koch parent/guardian Bronx NY 10471 421 12/5/2020 Lottie Kohn parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 422 12/3/2020 Robin Konitz parent/guardian Fishkill NY 12524 423 12/5/2020 Bill Kress parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 424 12/4/2020 Ann Kronenfeld parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 Kingsborough Early College Secondary 425 12/8/2020 Toni Krupczyb parent/guardian School Brooklyn NY 11219 Administering the Regents exam this school year would be unethical. My child attends school only every other day. Also, other districts are having students 426 12/8/2020 Gina Kudrzycki parent/guardian Comsewogue Port Jefferson Station NY 11776 attend much less. For example, Riverhead SD. 427 12/5/2020 Meredith Kule parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 428 12/5/2020 Jodi Kushner parent/guardian New City NY 10956 429 12/6/2020 Melissa Laganaro parent/guardian Newburgh Free Academy New Windsor NY 12553 430 12/5/2020 Stephanie Lamere parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 431 12/7/2020 Angela Lapolt parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 How can you take a Regents when you are not given instruction five days a week? How is it possible for a teacher, who has to adjust to this crazy school year, possibly make sure each child iS ready to pass a Test that was created prior to 432 12/8/2020 Casey Larsen parent/guardian Highland High School Highland NY 12528 this school year. Learning is not being completed on a daily basis! 433 12/3/2020 Julie Last parent/guardian New York NY 10013 434 12/3/2020 Maria Lastra parent/guardian Huntington Station NY 11746 435 12/7/2020 James Latham parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11229 436 12/5/2020 Kathy Lawler parent/guardian Warwick Valley HS Warwick NY 10990 437 12/3/2020 Paula Lawrence parent/guardian Franklinville Franklinville NY 14737 Agree to do away with regents Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 438 12/3/2020 Annette Lawrence parent/guardian Franklinville NY 14737 439 12/5/2020 Amy Leach parent/guardian Clarence Center NY 14032 440 12/5/2020 Jessica Leavey parent/guardian Ronkonkoma NY 11779 441 12/5/2020 Allison Leibowitz parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 442 12/3/2020 Cari Leitner parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 443 12/5/2020 Ilyse Lesser parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 444 12/5/2020 Jennifer Lesser parent/guardian Island Trees High School 445 12/5/2020 Claudia Levin parent/guardian North Shore High School Glen Cove NY 11542 446 12/8/2020 Beth Levine parent/guardian NY 12206 447 12/7/2020 Nancy Lewis parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 448 12/2/2020 Nicole Lewis parent/guardian Malverne High School Rockville Centre NY 11570 449 12/2/2020 Aisha Lewis-McCoy parent/guardian New York NY 10034 450 12/4/2020 Jenn Leyendecker parent/guardian Malverne NY 11565 451 12/5/2020 Lisa Librizzi parent/guardian Farmingdale NY 11735 452 12/6/2020 Jackie Lister parent/guardian West Nyack NY 10994 453 12/4/2020 Cynthia Listort parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 I'm also a teacher in Kingston City School District. 454 12/7/2020 Rebecca Litchfield parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 455 12/5/2020 Craig Litman parent/guardian Merrick NY 11566 456 12/7/2020 Stephanie Litt parent/guardian Carmel High School Carmel NY 10512 457 12/5/2020 Maria Littreal parent/guardian Staten Island NY 10312 458 12/5/2020 Nina Livingston parent/guardian North Shore Central Schools Sea Cliff NY 11579 459 12/3/2020 Liza Llanos parent/guardian White Plains Public Schools Harrison NY 10528 460 12/5/2020 Jo Lo parent/guardian Massapequa NY 11758 461 12/8/2020 Sharon Loomis parent/guardian Ballston Spa High School Ballston Spa NY 12020-4432 462 12/7/2020 Michelle Lopez parent/guardian New York NY 11224 463 12/5/2020 Rosalie Lorenzo parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 464 12/3/2020 Tricia Loria parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 465 12/5/2020 Allison Loring parent/guardian Glen Head NY 11545 466 12/3/2020 Kerry Loughlin parent/guardian Connetquot High School Ronkonkoma NY 11779 467 12/8/2020 Allison Loyer parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 468 12/8/2020 Kate Lucas parent/guardian Pine Bush High School Pine Bush NY 12566 469 12/7/2020 Joseph Luft parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11218 470 12/3/2020 Versaci Lynne parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 Please take the testing stress off of students. Their mental health is declining. They are offered subpar 2 days in school and/or an unregulated remote learning option. A good portion of kids don't have the access or parental guidance for success this year. When NYS isn't even guaranteeing students an opportunity to 471 12/8/2020 Stephanie Lyons parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 adequately learn this year, how can you demand they still take these tests? 472 12/5/2020 Galit Maayani parent/guardian Clarkstown High School South New City NY 10956 473 12/5/2020 Andrea Macari parent/guardian North Shore School District Glen Head NY 11545 474 12/8/2020 Tiara Macfaline parent/guardian Albany NY 12206 475 12/4/2020 Colleen Mack-Savino parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 476 12/3/2020 Lauren Mahoney parent/guardian West Babylon NY 11704 477 12/4/2020 Jennifer Maier parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 478 12/5/2020 Jennifer Makin parent/guardian Levittown NY 11756 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments The expectations on these students is already high and the education being 479 12/5/2020 Leigh Malinsky parent/guardian JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 received is not preparing them for what they need to know or the exams. 480 12/3/2020 Gary Malone parent/guardian Central Square Central Schools Brewerton NY 13029 481 12/3/2020 Lisa Malone parent/guardian Merrick NY 11566 482 12/5/2020 Leslie Mandell parent/guardian North Shore School District Glen Head NY 11545 483 12/5/2020 Reina Manea parent/guardian Nanuet NY 10954 484 12/5/2020 Deirdre Mannix parent/guardian Sea Cliff NY 11579 485 12/6/2020 Kamala Mantha Thaler parent/guardian Bronx NY 10463 With our high school being 100% virtual due to budget cuts this year there is no way a majority of our students will be properly prepared to take regents exams in 486 12/8/2020 Heather Mantica parent/guardian Albany High School Albany NY 12208 June. To do so would be a great disservice to our students. 487 12/3/2020 Irene Mariolis parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 488 12/8/2020 Rachel Markowitz parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 489 12/5/2020 Michelle Marotz parent/guardian Brewster High School Patterson NY 12563 490 12/3/2020 Tracy Marrero parent/guardian Massapequa NY 11758 491 12/3/2020 Mayra Marrero parent/guardian Holy Cross Catholic High Point New York NY 11364 492 12/4/2020 Anthony Martello parent/guardian Hauppauge NY 11788 493 12/3/2020 Angelina Mason parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 494 12/3/2020 Elizabeth Mathew parent/guardian New Hyde Park NY 11040 495 12/8/2020 Wanda Matos parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 Wanda matos 496 12/2/2020 Christine Mattson parent/guardian Brewster High School Brewster NY 10509 497 12/2/2020 Kim Maurer parent/guardian Oakdale NY 11769 498 12/2/2020 Christine Maurer parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 499 12/4/2020 Acacia Mauriello parent/guardian Ossining NY 500 12/5/2020 Mercides Maxwell parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11236 501 12/5/2020 Patricia Mazariegos parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 Remove this stress from students who already have more than enough stress and 502 12/5/2020 Laura Mazziotti parent/guardian Mamaroneck NY 10543 unequal educational experiences. 503 12/6/2020 Shari McDonald parent/guardian Congers NY 10920 504 12/5/2020 Maureen Mckiverkin parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North NY 10920 505 12/5/2020 James McLellan parent/guardian North Shore High School Glen Head NY 11545 506 12/7/2020 Jill McNeely parent/guardian NHP Memorial New Hyde Park NY 11040 507 12/3/2020 Sarah Medelius parent/guardian White Plains NY 10605 508 12/2/2020 Bonnie Meder parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 509 12/2/2020 Nicole Medina parent/guardian Katonah NY 10536 510 12/3/2020 Madelyn Medina parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 511 12/2/2020 Marc Medwed parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 512 12/3/2020 Reyhan Mehran parent/guardian Millennium Brooklyn High School New York NY 11231 513 12/3/2020 Judy Menashe parent/guardian Hempstead NY 11598 514 12/5/2020 Mary Miamidian parent/guardian North Shore High School Glen Head NY 11545 515 12/3/2020 Monika Mihaly parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 516 12/5/2020 Jessica Millman parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 517 12/4/2020 Tracy Miniman parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 518 12/3/2020 Denise Misiti parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 519 12/7/2020 Tanya Mitchell parent/guardian Brooklyn HS of the Arts Brooklyn NY 11225 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 520 12/5/2020 Luz Mooney parent/guardian Saugerties Saugerties NY 12477 521 12/3/2020 Tara Mooney parent/guardian Longwood Senior High School Shirley NY 11967 522 12/4/2020 Katharine Mora parent/guardian Manhattan High School Bronx NY 10463 523 12/3/2020 Donna Morr-Davidson parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 524 12/4/2020 Megan Moschiano Lorenzo parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 525 12/2/2020 Katherine Mulcahy parent/guardian John Jay High School Hopewell Junction NY 12533 Van Wyck Junior High and John Jay High 526 12/2/2020 Jacqueline Mullen parent/guardian School Fishkill NY 12524 527 12/3/2020 Kristin Mulvey parent/guardian White Plains High School White Plains NY 10606 528 12/7/2020 Jennifer Mulvihill parent/guardian Brewster Brewster NY 10509 529 12/5/2020 Claire Murphy parent/guardian Kingston NY 12401 530 12/5/2020 Anne Murphy parent/guardian Felix Festa New City NY 10956 531 12/3/2020 Jenna Murphy parent/guardian Connetquot Ronkonkoma NY 11779 532 12/6/2020 Dana Murphy parent/guardian Saugerties NY 12477-1139 I am also a teacher. The instruction they are getting during the remote/hybrid model is nowhere near what they get in school. It's not fair to hold them to a 533 12/3/2020 Nicole Nagel parent/guardian Fishkill NY 12524 standard that's not really even there. 534 12/5/2020 April Natal parent/guardian Woodhaven NY 11421 535 12/5/2020 Roseanne Neiswenter parent/guardian Rockaway Park NY 11694 536 12/4/2020 Eileen Nekrich parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 537 12/2/2020 Lorraine Ngai parent/guardian Port Washington NY 11050 538 12/4/2020 Wende Nicosia parent/guardian Royalton Hartland School District Middleport NY 14105 539 12/5/2020 Rebecca Nidorf parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 540 12/3/2020 Jeanette Nieves parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 541 12/4/2020 Gina Norfleet parent/guardian West Harrison NY 10604 542 12/3/2020 Jennifer Novis parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 543 12/5/2020 Edith Nowak parent/guardian New City NY 10956 544 12/5/2020 Robin Nugent parent/guardian Old Bethpage NY 11804 545 12/4/2020 Miriam Nunberg parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11215 546 12/3/2020 Jennifer Nuzzolo parent/guardian Huntington Station NY 11746 547 12/4/2020 Janel O'Brien parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 I'm also a teacher 548 12/7/2020 Kelley O'Connor parent/guardian Kerhonkson NY 12446 Regents should never be given this year or any other year. The playing field is not 549 12/5/2020 Maureen O'Driscoll parent/guardian Long Beach NY 11561 level at all this year. Such a disservice to our children. 550 12/6/2020 Melissa O'Sullivan parent/guardian White Plains NY 10606 551 12/2/2020 Dawn O'Toole parent/guardian Ridgewood NY 11385 552 12/3/2020 Flora Oberlender parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 553 12/5/2020 Michele Obrien parent/guardian Middle Village NY 11379 554 12/7/2020 Kate Ohanlon parent/guardian Brewster NY 10509 555 12/6/2020 Erika Ohara parent/guardian Camden Central Schools Camden NY 13316 How can you expect kids to do state testing without the proper education? 556 12/7/2020 Lisa Oliver parent/guardian Wantagh NY 11793 Please cancel these exams to allow teachers and high students to focus on learning and social emotional wellness. The pandemic has brought to light the many challenges and inequities faced by our most at-risk students. Please cancel 557 12/7/2020 Colleen Oremus parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 these exams and put students needs first. Thank you. 558 12/8/2020 Lisa Ormond parent/guardian New Paltz High School Gardiner NY 12525 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 559 12/5/2020 Michele Ornellas parent/guardian Oyster Bay NY 11714 560 12/8/2020 Devin Orourke parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 561 12/8/2020 Nicole Orozco parent/guardian Bronx NY 10473 562 12/3/2020 Idalia Ortiz parent/guardian PPAS New York NY 10040 563 12/5/2020 Terryl Owens parent/guardian North Shore School District Roslyn NY 11547 Please don't penalize students who are already going through a terrible final year 564 12/2/2020 Romi Paek parent/guardian Tarrytown NY 10591 of school when it's not their fault! 565 12/6/2020 Ivy Palmer parent/guardian Melville NY 11747 566 12/3/2020 Eileen Panico parent/guardian Connetquot Ronkonkoma NY 11779 567 12/2/2020 Michelle Papini parent/guardian Hewlett NY 11557 568 12/3/2020 Daniela Park parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 569 12/4/2020 Elizabeth Parks parent/guardian Ossining School District Ossining NY 10562 570 12/3/2020 Frank Parrino parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 571 12/4/2020 Maria Pascarella parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage NY 11804 572 12/9/2020 Shala Pascucci parent/guardian Kings Park NY 11754 573 12/8/2020 Elizabeth Peck parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 During a pandemic, students should not have this additional stress. 574 12/2/2020 Maryanne Pedersen parent/guardian Rockville Centre NY 11570 Please strongly consider suspending the NYS Regents for June and August of 2021 due to Covid 19. This will ensure that students can graduate and earn a 575 12/6/2020 Susan Pell parent/guardian New City NY 10956 diploma with these tests. 576 12/3/2020 Melissa Perelmutter parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 577 12/4/2020 Dawn Perez parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 578 12/3/2020 Kristin Perez-Simmons parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 579 12/5/2020 Jessica Perry parent/guardian Greenlawn NY 11740 580 12/4/2020 Melissa Picariello parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 Stop the suspense and move towards. trauma response education for both students and teachers. Improve in person learning models to get all students and teachers back to face to face instruction, safely. 581 12/8/2020 Lori Piccirilli parent/guardian Binghamton NY 13904 582 12/5/2020 Liz Pickett parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 583 12/8/2020 Jennifer Pizzarello parent/guardian Highland NY 12528 584 12/7/2020 Hilda Plasencia parent/guardian Clarkstown High School South New City NY 10956 585 12/4/2020 Jodi Poggioreale parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 I believe during this time we need more flexibility with respect to testing 586 12/5/2020 Danielle Poleway parent/guardian West Nyack NY 10994 requirements. One more year will not bring the education system to a halt. I am a parent AND a teacher and while it was always wrong to use gatekeeping Regents exams, it would be unconscionable to have students sit for Regents exam 587 12/5/2020 Rachel Posner parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11209 during a year of pandemic schooling. 588 12/4/2020 Marian Post parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 589 12/3/2020 Bethany Potillo parent/guardian Cortlandt Manor NY 10567 590 12/5/2020 Nicole Poulin parent/guardian Camden NY 13316 591 12/5/2020 Christine Powers parent/guardian Carmel NY 10512 592 12/7/2020 Shante Price parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 593 12/4/2020 Erin Primm parent/guardian Lindenhurst UFSD Lindenhurst NY 11757 594 12/8/2020 Marie Procida parent/guardian Brewerton NY 13029 595 12/4/2020 Himani Pujari parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 596 12/2/2020 Flo Quick parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY Ny 597 12/2/2020 William Quick parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 598 12/3/2020 Isabel Quintana parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11209 599 12/2/2020 Shara Quintin parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 600 12/7/2020 Lucky Rahaman parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11232 601 12/6/2020 Lisa Raiola parent/guardian Clarkstown High School South West Nyack NY 10994 602 12/3/2020 Stephanie Ralton parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Old Bethpage NY 11804 603 12/5/2020 Frann Rappaport parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 604 12/3/2020 Laura Reidy parent/guardian White Plains High School West Harrison NY 10604 605 12/5/2020 Stephanie Reiss parent/guardian Clarkstown Central School District New City NY 10956 606 12/4/2020 Todd Restivo parent/guardian South Side High School Rockville Centre NY 11570 607 12/4/2020 Todd Restivo parent/guardian South Side High School Rockville Centre NY 11570 608 12/4/2020 Diane Restivo parent/guardian South Side High School Rockville Centre NY 11570 609 12/6/2020 Lauren Riccardi parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 610 12/2/2020 Tracy Rice parent/guardian East Islip High School East Islip NY 11730-2625 611 12/2/2020 Shanique Richards parent/guardian Massapequa NY 11758 612 12/5/2020 Irene Riordan parent/guardian New York NY 11228 613 12/5/2020 Shailyn Rivas parent/guardian New York NY 10034 614 12/7/2020 Tanya Rivera parent/guardian New City NY 10956 615 12/2/2020 Yvette Rivera parent/guardian Academy of Careers in Television and Film Bronx NY 10456 No June Regents 616 12/2/2020 Robert Robinson parent/guardian Greenville Freehold NY 12431 617 12/7/2020 Olga Rodriguez parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 618 12/4/2020 Gizzelle Rojas Boccia parent/guardian Ossining School District Ossining NY 10562 619 12/3/2020 Carrot Rokofsky parent/guardian JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 Kids will not be prepared properly for regents. 620 12/3/2020 David Rokofsky parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 I grew up in New York City and have a real appreciation for the regents, both for the rigor they add to learning and also as a New York State institution. However, in the time of COVID-19 I believe that modifications need to be made in order to 621 12/5/2020 Wendy Rolon parent/guardian keep the best interests of our students in focus. My child is a full remote student. With many kids getting infected in our Long Island high school, and schools in general, we had no choice but to do remote. The regents are tough enough under normal academic circumstances. This time around, it has been extremely difficult to be able to teach the students everything they need to know in order to be prepared. Remote teaching does not compare to in school instruction and requiring regents exams can definitely make a difference as to whether many of these students get to graduate. Please cancel them and do not punish them for something that is beyond their control. Thank you for your 622 12/3/2020 Bella Roman parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 consideration. 623 12/7/2020 Cheryl Ronk parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 624 12/8/2020 Nancy Rosario parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11209 625 12/7/2020 Christina Roscher parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11224 626 12/7/2020 Elizabeth Roscher parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11223 I excuse my son Tayjah Jenkins from taking any exams 627 12/5/2020 Stacy Rosen parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 Please allow our children to learn the material without the pressure if standardized 628 12/5/2020 Stephanie Rosen parent/guardian New City NY 10956 tests: 629 12/7/2020 Marcy Rosenbaum parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 630 12/2/2020 Christine Rossman parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 631 12/4/2020 Fern Rothschild parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 632 12/5/2020 Elise Rudolph parent/guardian New City NY 10956 633 12/7/2020 Chris Ruger parent/guardian New Paltz High School Highland NY 12528 634 12/2/2020 Beth Russo parent/guardian John Jay High School Fishkill NY 12524 635 12/7/2020 Steohen Ruszczyk parent/guardian New York NY 10033 636 12/6/2020 Erica Sabatino parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 637 12/4/2020 Tricia Sabini parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562-1647 638 12/4/2020 Nancy Sack parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 639 12/6/2020 Stacy Sacks parent/guardian Old Bethpage NY 11804 640 12/3/2020 Dawn Sala parent/guardian Hyde Park NY 12538 641 12/2/2020 Marlene Salazar parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 642 12/5/2020 Erica Salerno parent/guardian New City NY 10956 643 12/4/2020 Elise Saltzman parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Old Bethpage NY 11804 644 12/3/2020 Danielle Salvati parent/guardian Sheafe Road Elementary Wappingers Falls NY 12590 This is common sense, and the decent thing to do. Believe in the integrity of 645 12/3/2020 Douglas Salvati parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 educators and administrators in individual districts.

I am signing this petition as a parent and a teacher, to advocate for ALL children in NYS. To many inconsistencies between districts and the models they have chosen to educate our students. Plus, we don't know the full burden that families are dealing with in their households. Let's start to level the playing field for college prospects, beginning by eliminating the 2021 Regents Exams. Let schools give their own local exams based on the content they feel their students have learned. 646 12/9/2020 Danielle Salvestrini parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 Even better- assign them a project-based exam to share their expertise. Absurd. Some children simply don't test well but excel throughout the year 647 12/4/2020 Monica Samuels parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 otherwise. 648 12/3/2020 Elisa Samuelson parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 Parent/Guardian City college administrator & student counselor 649 12/8/2020 Sin√©Ad Sant-Barket parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11209 Psychologist 650 12/4/2020 Elizabeth Santiago parent/guardian Ossining School District Ossining NY 10562 651 12/4/2020 Leah Saridakis parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 652 12/8/2020 Jesse Sarubbi parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 If feel like this year has brought educational inequality and it isn't fair to expect the 653 12/2/2020 Andrea Saunders parent/guardian John Jay High School Hopewell Junction NY 12533 children in NYS to take the regents exam I June 2021 654 12/3/2020 Janice Scafuri parent/guardian John Jay High School Hopewell Junction NY 12533 655 12/5/2020 Bonni Schenker parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 This is an issue of equity. 656 12/3/2020 Erin Schepisi parent/guardian Colonie Central High School Albany NY 12205 657 12/4/2020 Kimberly Schiavo parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 658 12/5/2020 Tracy Schiavo parent/guardian Smithtown Central School District Nesconset NY 11767 659 12/3/2020 Jennifer Schmidt parent/guardian John Jay High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 660 12/6/2020 Anita Schmitt parent/guardian Clarence Center NY 14032 661 12/5/2020 Laurie Schoolsky parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 662 12/4/2020 Catie Schwartz parent/guardian Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 663 12/3/2020 Sharyn Schwartz parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 664 12/5/2020 Danielle Schwartzberg parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 665 12/4/2020 Jill Schweizer parent/guardian Oceanside NY 11572 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 666 12/2/2020 Jennifer Scotto-Robinson parent/guardian Port Washington NY 11050 667 12/9/2020 Joanne Secky parent/guardian New Paltz Central School District New Paltz NY 12561 668 12/6/2020 Daniel Seidenstein parent/guardian South Side High School Rockville Centre NY 11570 It is time to do away with making regents exams a requirement for a HS diploma. It is devastating to the special Ed community In particular. This could and has made it impossible for young adults to gain employment. It truly can alter the entire 669 12/2/2020 Kristina Seidenstein parent/guardian Rockville Centre NY 11570 course of their lives. It's time. 670 12/4/2020 Sarah Seigel parent/guardian Ossining School District Ossining NY 10562

So many students are learning remote and many have no internet or technology. 671 12/2/2020 Jill Seltzer parent/guardian Lynbrook Senior High School There is so much inequality for testing this year. The regents should be canceled 672 12/5/2020 Susannah Serringer parent/guardian Institute for Collaborative Education New York NY 10010 673 12/3/2020 Debra Servinskas parent/guardian Half Hollow Hills High School West Huntington Station NY 11746 674 12/5/2020 Susan Shankey parent/guardian Stony Point NY 10980 675 12/3/2020 Jennifer Shapiro parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 676 12/8/2020 Kim Sheeley parent/guardian New Paltz Central School District New Paltz NY 12561 677 12/8/2020 Lisa Sheinhouse parent/guardian NY 11234 678 12/5/2020 Tracey Sheluck parent/guardian East Northport NY 11731 679 12/2/2020 Mary Sheridan parent/guardian Shoreham NY 11786 680 12/2/2020 Cara Ann Sikov parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 681 12/5/2020 Lorraine Silbert parent/guardian Ossining High School Ossining NY 10562 682 12/2/2020 Shannon Silva parent/guardian Nassau BOCES Franklin Square NY 11010 683 12/4/2020 Jordan Silver parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Oyster Bay NY 11714 684 12/8/2020 Debra Silverstein parent/guardian South Middle School New Windsor NY 12553

685 12/5/2020 Kim Silvia parent/guardian North Shore Middle School Sea Cliff NY 11579 No Regents in 2021, kids are being dragged along to meet the test requirements. The kids have been through enough this year. Adding the stress of Regents 686 12/7/2020 Barbara Similien parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11226 exams is insensitive. Give it a rest. 687 12/3/2020 Renee Sirianni parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 688 12/3/2020 Natasa Skakic parent/guardian Merrick NY 11566-3724 689 12/7/2020 Tiana Skelton parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 690 12/5/2020 Loralee Skinner parent/guardian Camden High School Taberg NY 13471 691 12/8/2020 Jill Slutzky parent/guardian Kingston High School Kingston NY 12401 Please give these students that are going through so much right now the opportunity to earn a regents diploma. They have been working so hard and unfortunately Covid-19 came and set everything array. I think the best that you could do right now is to extend the exemptions and give them a regent diploma. 692 12/3/2020 Sandra Smith parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11249 Thank you. 693 12/5/2020 Pat Smith parent/guardian New City NY 10956 694 12/5/2020 Lisa Smith parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 The fact that each district is providing vastly different teaching models means 695 12/2/2020 Ann Sobieski parent/guardian Old Bethpage NY 11804 students can't all be measured by the same test. Cancel for this year. 696 12/8/2020 Samantha Soper parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 697 12/5/2020 Janine Sopp parent/guardian Edward R Murrow High School Brooklyn NY 11218 All these tests need to be removed this year. 698 12/5/2020 Stephanie Spagna parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956 699 12/5/2020 Stephanie St John parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments With NY being the last state that uses the regents exam as a graduation requirement, they have become obsolete to colleges unless you are applying to a SUNY school. SUNY schools can evaluate students based on their SAT/ACT 700 12/2/2020 Meredith Stabe parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School NY 12603 scores like other universities do. 701 12/3/2020 Corey Stalter parent/guardian Poughkeepsie NY 12601 702 12/4/2020 Shalanda Staples parent/guardian Newburgh NY 12550 Students are not learning the full curriculum in remote virtual environment. It's independent learning without teacher instruction creating unequal access and 703 12/3/2020 Joann Stein parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 success. I cannot imagine that Gov "ALBANY-ANDY" Cuomo wants these exams to be given and taken while we're in the PROLONGED- midst of this atrocious pandemic??? PLEASE: "Do the Right Thing", for a healthy change‚úå?‚úå??‚úí‚úí‚úè?? respectfully, ANGILYN STRANG 704 12/6/2020 Angilyn Strang parent/guardian New York NY 10024 native NYer born & bred in KINGS COUNTY - BROOKLYN - NYNY‚úå 705 12/4/2020 Joanna Straub parent/guardian Croton On Hudson NY 10520 706 12/3/2020 Kelly Stroh parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 707 12/4/2020 Svetlana Suleymanova parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 708 12/7/2020 Desira Sullivan parent/guardian Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 709 12/3/2020 Tajh Sutton parent/guardian PS 250 / MS 126 New York NY 11206 710 12/4/2020 Janine Swanwick parent/guardian Ronkonkoma NY 11779 Regents should be waived this year 711 12/3/2020 Carmelia Szemplinski parent/guardian Shaker High School Watervliet NY 12189 712 12/2/2020 Brenda Szydlo parent/guardian Valley Stream NY 11581 713 12/4/2020 Violeta Talavera parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 We have THOUSANDS of students in NYC without access to devices and/or reliable internet. What will any standardized exam tell us about our students beyond their socioeconomic status?

714 12/4/2020 Shino Tanikawa parent/guardian New York NY 10012 Out students need healing not testing. Please do the right thing. 715 12/5/2020 Stacey Tatar parent/guardian Clarkstown High School North New City NY 10956-2008 716 12/4/2020 Michelle Taylor parent/guardian JFK HS, MMS, POBMS Plainview NY 11803 717 12/3/2020 Alison Taylor parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 718 12/3/2020 Theresa Teeling parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 719 12/3/2020 Ana Terrero parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11207 720 12/4/2020 Lori Thomas parent/guardian Half Hollow Hills High School East Huntington NY 11743 I am a parent of a High School Student who has had a difficult time adjusting to High School during a pandemic. My daughter was previously classified, and still struggles to process information and study. The stress of remote learning and the 721 12/2/2020 Mikila Thompson parent/guardian Amityville NY 11701 uncertainty of the pandemic is something that plagues her daily. The inequity of schools being able to pivot to educating our students during this time has been dramatic. Our school district's incompetence caused an almost 3 month delay in providing a seamless and functioning education platform for our 722 12/8/2020 Michelle Tommasi parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561 high schoolers. The learning that is going on this year, in my opinion, would not enable the 723 12/2/2020 Laurie Tow parent/guardian Half Hollow Hills High School East Melville NY 11747 students to have acquired the proper knowledge to take the Regents. 724 12/8/2020 Lori Traver parent/guardian Rondout Valley New Paltz NY 12561 725 12/5/2020 Sharon Treacy parent/guardian New City NY 10956 726 12/2/2020 Devon Treharne parent/guardian Southold NY 11971 727 12/2/2020 Bryan Treharne parent/guardian Southold NY 11971 728 12/8/2020 Jacqueline Triguero parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments Asking students to take these tests is unfair as they can not be fully prepared and 729 12/8/2020 Sara Tweedie parent/guardian Albany High School Albany NY 12206 likely can not be done in a safe manner. 730 12/5/2020 Pamela Tyles parent/guardian New City NY 10956 731 12/5/2020 Claris Uguna parent/guardian Ossining NY 10562 732 12/2/2020 Claudia Vallejo parent/guardian Elmsford NY 10523 733 12/3/2020 Amy Van Zandt parent/guardian Hopewell Junction NY 12533 734 12/4/2020 Stephanie Vascones parent/guardian P.S. 105 New York NY 10462 735 12/6/2020 Gretchen Vaughn parent/guardian Cortlandt Manor NY 10567 736 12/5/2020 Jessica Vecchiarelli parent/guardian Ossining School District Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 737 12/2/2020 Diane Venezia parent/guardian Schreiber Port Washington NY 11050 Please get rid of them permanently There should be NO Regents for the school year of 2020 - 2021. Kids mental health are very stressed and depressed. It is not a normal school year and we cannot place this kind of stress on kids. Especially kids who have an IEP. Please 738 12/3/2020 Sona Verma parent/guardian Half Hollow Hills High School West Huntington Station NY 11746 cancel the Regents exams for the school year of 2020-2021 739 12/7/2020 Noreen Vigliotti parent/guardian New Paltz High School Highland NY 12528 740 12/3/2020 Archana Vinay parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 Our school has 30 minute periods instead of the 40 minute periods we had before the pandemic. Our kids barely have enough time with their teachers as the teachers are switching classrooms in between while students remain with their cohorts. They are not able to learn all the materials in the 30 minute periods which really are 25 minutes by the time teachers arrive settle in and get class settled. I am concerned as a parent how much material my kids are missing in all their classes especially the regents classes. The regents exam add undue stress and burden to an unprecedented learning and teaching environment. Please cancel 741 12/6/2020 Pooja Vira parent/guardian North Shore Middle School Sea Cliff NY 11579 these exams. 742 12/3/2020 Rita Vitulli parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 743 12/2/2020 Lodovica Volpe parent/guardian North Babylon High School North Babylon NY 11703 744 12/8/2020 Jenn Voorhis parent/guardian New Paltz NY 12561 745 12/3/2020 Meagan Walsh parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 746 12/2/2020 Liz Walter parent/guardian Rockville Centre NY 11570 747 12/3/2020 Jill Walters parent/guardian Scarsdale NY 10583 This pandemic has created a new and stressful environment of learning. We cannot expect consistency in teaching and learning when everyone is relying on varying levels of working computers and internet service. The Regents exams should be canceled and not required for graduation until the learning environment 748 12/3/2020 Melissa Webb parent/guardian John Jay High School Hopewell Junction NY 12533 becomes more stable and consistent again. 749 12/3/2020 Adriana Wetzel parent/guardian Connetquot High School Oakdale NY 11769 750 12/5/2020 Liz Wezwick parent/guardian North Shore High School Sea Cliff NY 11579 751 12/2/2020 George Whitehead parent/guardian John Jay High School Hopewell Junction NY 12533 752 12/2/2020 Jennifer Whitehead parent/guardian John Jay High School Hopewell Junction NY 12533 753 12/2/2020 Heidi Whittaker parent/guardian Saugerties NY 12477 754 12/4/2020 Elysa Wigler parent/guardian Old Bethpage NY 11804 755 12/3/2020 Charles Williams parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Poughkeepsie NY 12603 756 12/3/2020 Rhonda Williams parent/guardian Wappingers Falls NY 12590 757 12/9/2020 Merideth Wilson parent/guardian Myers Middle School Albany NY 12208 758 12/7/2020 Toinethia Winfield parent/guardian John Dewey High School Staten Island NY 10304 759 12/5/2020 Deborah Winstead parent/guardian Pelham Memorial High School Pelham NY 10803 760 12/8/2020 Selene Wittman parent/guardian Granville Central Junior-Senior High School Granville NY 12832 These tests should have already been cancelled! Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 761 12/5/2020 Shauna Wold parent/guardian New City NY 10956 You should only know what these tests do to our most vulnerable learning disabled 762 12/2/2020 Lori Wolfe parent/guardian Syosset NY 11791 children. Please make this torture stop!!! 763 12/3/2020 Janine Wolff parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 764 12/8/2020 Tania Wolfson parent/guardian New Paltz High School New Paltz NY 12561

I am a special education teacher and the parent of a gifted child. The Regents exams serve neither of those groups well. The language and writing requirements result in Special Education students failing even when they can explain verbally the importance of the information tested. The strict curriculum requirements of the exams keep gifted children from exploring concepts as fully as they are capable because they need to cover all topics that may or may not even show up on an 765 12/2/2020 Helaiba Wolkoff parent/guardian Oceanside Middle School Oceanside NY 11572 exam. Regents destroy the love and passion for learning among students. 766 12/5/2020 Amy Wynne parent/guardian Plainview NY 11803 767 12/8/2020 Jennifer Yess parent/guardian New Paltz High School Highland NY 12528 768 12/5/2020 Kate Yourke parent/guardian Brooklyn NY 11211 769 12/3/2020 Cathy Zago parent/guardian Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School Plainview NY 11803 770 12/2/2020 Paula Zammikiel parent/guardian John Jay High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 771 12/2/2020 Suzanne Zembrzycki parent/guardian East Islip High School East Islip NY 11730 772 12/3/2020 Debra Zemel parent/guardian Half Hollow Hills High School East Huntington Station NY 11746 This pandemic has created a school year of inconsistency and chaos. Despite teachers, administrators, and parents best efforts to adapt and educate, there has been much loss, and it's certainly worse for some communities than others. To administer standardized tests likes the regents exams this spring is not only ridiculous, it adds more stress to an already difficult situation. Cancel the tests and let educators know now so they can focus on filling in learning gaps and social 773 12/5/2020 Lynne Zimmerman parent/guardian Spring Valley High School Spring Valley NY 10977 emotional learning, instead of test prep. 774 12/2/2020 Christine Zirkelbach parent/guardian Brewster NY 10509 775 12/2/2020 Lauren Zorilo parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 776 12/2/2020 Jennifer Zuzunaga parent/guardian Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 777 12/3/2020 Kwane Andrews teacher New York NY 11412 778 12/5/2020 Amy Atkins teacher Ramapo High School Highland NY 12528 As a general education teacher in a special class setting, I can see how stressful this year has been for my students. All students are dealing not only the rigors of school and adolescence, they are now doing so in an extremely scary time. Students are moving from in school to remote as they are placed in quarantine, to say the process is disruptive is a vast understatement. The last thing they need to 779 12/4/2020 Jody Barditch teacher Wantagh NY 11793 worry about this year is a high stakes standardized test. 780 12/2/2020 Briana Baxter teacher Brooklyn NY 11217 781 12/3/2020 Sandra Begley teacher Bronx Arena High School New York NY 10128 782 12/3/2020 Alli Bernstein teacher Stony Brook NY Learning online has been extremely taxing on the students and teachers. Due to limited time in the classroom, material must be consolidated and there is minimal opportunity for reinforcing material and extra help. Our students are mentally taxed and don't need the increased pressure of taking a high stakes exam at the 783 12/2/2020 Kimberly Bird teacher Camden High School Rome NY 13440 culmination of such a tumultuous school year. 784 12/2/2020 Elyse Boress teacher Rochester NY 14618-4868 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments

We are in a pandemic. We are all making sacrifices every day. Kids do not learn on remote the same way they do in the classroom. Students are depressed and in crisis from having their lives uprooted and being handed so many disappointments. Sports are cancelled. Dance, music concerts, chorus, everything! The regents exams would not be appropriate, fair, or valid this year. Please support our 785 12/2/2020 Barbara Bouck teacher New Paltz NY 12561-3425 students and remove regent exam requirements for graduation. 786 12/3/2020 Lauren Bradstreet teacher Palmyra-Macedon Central School District Palmyra NY 14522 787 12/5/2020 Ellen Brody-Kirmss teacher Richmond Hill NY 11418

I'm a teacher in Hastings on Hudson and a parent in Clarkstown. There is absolutely no reason to hold these exams this year. Please allow teachers and students to properly prepare for the remainder of the year. Between erratic and unpredictable closings, hybrid schedules that vary from town to town (making day care next to impossible for teachers who teach in a different district), endless problems with technology (home and at school), teachers having to constantly plan on the fly, lost time due to a shortened schedule, the inherent problems teaching both remote and in person, unfunded mandates, the trauma of dealing with lost or sick family members, the trauma of lost income and/or employment, and the day to day fear of the unknown, it is unreasonable to hold these exams in June. Tell us 788 12/5/2020 Daniel Brownstein teacher Hastings on Hudson New City NY 10956 NOW what the plan is. Everyone is under enough stress as it is. 789 12/5/2020 William Burch teacher Saugerties NY 12477 As a teacher of students with disabilities, it would be doing them a huge disservice if they are forced to take assessment in which they cannot possibly get adequately prepared considering the sate of virtual instruction during a international health crisis. There is enough anxiety on their shoulders just trying to survive. The 790 12/8/2020 Jodi Burnash teacher Nottingham High School Syracuse NY 13214 unknown of exams and potential graduation is simply too much. 791 12/2/2020 Nichelle Burnett teacher Brasher Falls Central School Winthrop NY 13697 792 12/7/2020 Brittany Button teacher Chittenango NY 13037 793 12/8/2020 Joanna Capetanakis teacher Brooklyn NY 794 12/8/2020 Susan Cardona teacher Highland High School Wallkill NY 12589 795 12/3/2020 Laurie Catterson teacher Kings Park NY 11754 I am a parent and a teacher. 796 12/3/2020 Colleen Clarkapelanz teacher Averill Park Central School District Nassau NY 12123 797 12/2/2020 Laurie Colacchio teacher Newburgh NY 12550 Please cancel the Regents Exams (June of 2021)! 798 12/5/2020 Elizabeth Coletta teacher Suffern High School Suffern NY 10901 799 12/2/2020 Michelle Connor teacher Oceanside NY 11572 800 12/8/2020 Kristen Conrad teacher Saugerties NY 12477 801 12/2/2020 Annemarie Conroy-Robinson teacher Freehold NY 12431 Regents need to be cancelled since too many difficult situations. A lot of factors are in question with lack of all students have everything the same as well as 802 12/2/2020 Maryann Corbett teacher New Windsor NY 12553 educators around the country. 803 12/5/2020 Kathleen Dailey teacher John Jay High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 804 12/8/2020 Lisa Decker teacher Wappingers Falls NY 12590 805 12/5/2020 Kris Defoe teacher Balmville School New Paltz NY 12561 806 12/2/2020 Della Dekay teacher New York NY 10033 Regent should be suspended this year 2020-2021. In no way will students be as 807 12/4/2020 Frank Dinnocenzio teacher Newburgh Free Academy New Windsor NY 12553 prepared during virtual learning as the would in in school teaching. 808 12/8/2020 Janice Doherty teacher New Paltz NY 12561 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments Testing the students in this school year is a travesty.

Some students have no learning device. Some students are working exclusively on their phones while their younger siblings take naps because the teen is the house is providing all childcare so that the parents can work. Nothing about this situation allows for kids to learn like they did pre-COVID.

809 12/9/2020 Rachael Dooley teacher Brooklyn NY 11216 The state needs to prioritize access to learning not required testing. Do we really have to ask for this to be done? It is disrespectful to make teachers wait all year to find out exams will be cancelled. It's rude to kids. The pressure to complete curriculum during a pandemic is just ridiculous and rude. It doesn't help 810 12/3/2020 Ray Drach teacher White Plains Public Schools Mount Kisco NY 10549 kids learn during this disaster. 811 12/2/2020 Alicia Dubray teacher PCSD Morrisonville NY 12962 I want my students to leave this year with confidence in their skills. We might not learn all of the curriculum, but what we do learn, they will have learned successfully given all the barriers we've experienced. One test does not define the level of 812 12/3/2020 Melissa Edwards teacher Ontario NY 14519 success. 813 12/3/2020 E.M. Eisen-Markowitz teacher Brooklyn NY 11205 814 12/2/2020 Michelle Ellis teacher Sanborn NY 14132 815 12/9/2020 Julie Esola teacher Roy C. Ketcham High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 We must remove the required regents exams! Brooklyn High School for Leadership and 816 12/3/2020 Ridwan Falah teacher Community Service New York NY 10009 Forget the exams. School is too disruptive, especially for students with learning disabilities and those in poorer districts for teachers to be able to prepare them for 817 12/5/2020 Natalie Farina teacher Ossining NY 10562 exams 818 12/5/2020 Laurie Fay teacher J. Watson Bailey Middle School Saugerties NY 12477 819 12/4/2020 Melissa Ferraro teacher Ossining NY 10562 820 12/4/2020 Danielle Flora teacher Islip NY 11751 821 12/8/2020 Jeannine Francise teacher Patterson NY 12563 822 12/5/2020 Jessica Freese teacher Kingston NY 12401 It is inappropriate to be administering high-stakes tests to students this year. 823 12/5/2020 Florence Frenkel teacher Williston Park NY 11596 824 12/3/2020 Joshua Glantz teacher Highland Lake NY 12743 825 12/6/2020 Melanie Goldberg teacher Brooklyn NY 11215 Please help our students achieve success 826 12/4/2020 Debbie Goldmeier teacher Plainview NY 11803 This is a tough year emotionally for them. 827 12/5/2020 Amanda Green teacher Kingston NY 12401 It would be grotesquely unfair to have the Regents this year when so many of our students don't even have a device yet. PLEASE do the right thing for our kids and 828 12/2/2020 Tiffany Gross teacher Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11225 don't stress them out even more 829 12/6/2020 Karen Grossman teacher Suffern NY 10901 830 12/7/2020 Christine Gustke teacher Syracuse City School District Syracuse NY 13211 831 12/2/2020 Maria Hambas teacher Rochestee City School District Pittsford NY 14534 832 12/4/2020 Ann Marie Hastings teacher Congers NY 10920 833 12/9/2020 Karen Hauth teacher Albany NY 12208 834 12/7/2020 Jennifer Hickey teacher Poughkeepsie NY 12603 835 12/3/2020 Rachel Hoffman teacher Brunswick Central School District Troy NY 12180 836 12/8/2020 Adam Iannazzone teacher Rosendale NY 12472 837 12/7/2020 Dan Jones teacher Nottingham Liverpool NY 13090 838 12/8/2020 Jennifer Justice teacher Albany NY 12208 Suspend APPR too Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 839 12/3/2020 Katherine Kirk teacher Rome NY 13440 840 12/6/2020 Liza Knox teacher Kingston NY 12401 841 12/5/2020 Dana Koprowski teacher Suffern NY 10901 842 12/5/2020 Nancy Kress teacher Ossining NY 10562 843 12/2/2020 Jodi Lacoppola teacher Brunswick Central School District Troy NY 12180 844 12/2/2020 David Lagatta teacher Camden Central Blossvale NY 13308 845 12/5/2020 Lynn Leoni teacher William Boyce Thompson Brewster NY 10509 846 12/4/2020 Dorothy Lonergan teacher SVHS West Nyack NY 10994 847 12/2/2020 Gina Lopez teacher Staten Island NY 10314 848 12/2/2020 Patricia Lydon teacher Brunswick Central School District Delmar NY 12054 849 12/2/2020 Patricia Lyndaker teacher Lowville NY 13367 850 12/8/2020 Susan Maguire teacher Westtown NY 10998 851 12/7/2020 Nicole Mannara teacher Nottingham High School Syracuse NY 13224 852 12/2/2020 Melissa Manzi teacher Brooklyn NY 11214 853 12/5/2020 Mary Marshall teacher New Paltz NY 12561 854 12/2/2020 Cristina Martinez teacher Rome NY 13440 855 12/5/2020 Kristen Masson-Diedhiou teacher J. Watson Bailey Middle School New Paltz NY 12561 856 12/3/2020 Christopher McMahon teacher Camden Middle School Rome NY 13440 857 12/8/2020 Lindsey Meakem teacher New Paltz NY 12561 858 12/2/2020 Cheryl Migatz teacher Wappingers Falls NY 12590 859 12/5/2020 Janet Mitchell teacher Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES Rochester NY 14616 860 12/2/2020 Alana Molloy teacher Liberation Diploma Plus High School Staten Island NY 10305 This is 100% an imperative action to ensure student success. 861 12/3/2020 Donna Moren teacher Hamilton Central School Sherburne NY 13460 862 12/3/2020 Michelle Morgillo teacher Chittenango NY 13037 863 12/2/2020 Thomas Morrison teacher Potsdam NY 13676 864 12/3/2020 Michelle Muckle teacher Brunswick Central School District Troy NY 12180 865 12/2/2020 Joanna Muller teacher Newburgh NY 12550 Many stundents, parents and educators do not feel safe with in person education which has led to low inperson attendance. This will be true if the state requires Brooklyn High School for Leadership and students to attend regents in person. Please take actions to not penalize our youth 866 12/2/2020 Casey Munz teacher Community Service New York NY 11206 for putting the health and safety of our communities first. 867 12/2/2020 Susan Murphy teacher Oneonta NY 13820 868 12/7/2020 Christine Murphy teacher Haviland Middle School Poughkeepsie NY 12603 869 12/5/2020 Jennifer Myers teacher New York NY 10028 870 12/4/2020 Damon Noland teacher Brooklyn NY 11201 871 12/4/2020 Bonnie Novak teacher Plainview NY 11803 872 12/3/2020 Amber O'Neil teacher Stanford NY 12581 I work with so many ELL students who are behind on Regents exams and at time end up having to take 2 a day sometimes sitting for 12 hours taking Regents exams with a typical result of failure because their English proficiency is not up to the rigor of the exams. This cookie cutter graduation requirement must be 873 12/3/2020 John O'Neil teacher Edison Career and Technology HS Rochester NY 14620 revisited. The education system needs changing. Now is our chance. Cut down on testing. 874 12/2/2020 Erika Ohara teacher Camden Elementary School Camden NY 13316 How can we test them when we can't teach them in person! 875 12/7/2020 Adriana Oliveira teacher New York NY 10036 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments The inequities at my high school are dramatic and therefore holding lower income 876 12/5/2020 Elizabeth Olivere teacher Rosendale NY 12472 students to the same standard is unacceptable 877 12/6/2020 Rori Oreilly teacher New City NY 10956 I hope these kids get what is fair. No regence test! 878 12/2/2020 Jared Otero teacher Brooklyn NY 11205 879 12/7/2020 Maribel Padayogdog teacher Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE A BURDEN BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND BECOME BETTER AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF A 880 12/7/2020 Alexis Pajares teacher Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11209 COMMUNITY. 881 12/3/2020 Ryanne Phillips teacher Clifton Park NY 12065 Students need to know, we need to know, and under no circumstances with a standardized test be fair given the conditions our students are experiencing right now. In New York City where I teach, homelessness is increasing daily. Domestic violence and violence in the home are increasing daily. Students are working to help support their families who have lost jobs, and they are trying to stay alive while also trying to get an education. Several of my best studentsIn my highest level classes I have trouble participating because they are responsible for all of their younger siblings while their parents work. They are in equities in access to technology, access to the Internet, even food, shelter, and safety. Standardize tests would do nothing but measure those in equities and add to the trauma 882 12/5/2020 Rachel Piven teacher Larchmont NY 10538 imposed by this pandemic. 883 12/5/2020 Carrie Poholsky teacher Ramapo High School Spring Valley NY 10977 884 12/2/2020 Amy Poore teacher Rome NY 13440 885 12/6/2020 Ariadne Prior-Grosch teacher Ossining NY 10562 886 12/7/2020 Saida Rachidi teacher Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11214

Regents should be banned as a graduation requirement. Students should be able to demonstrate their knowledge with project based criteria. Final exams, which are 887 12/8/2020 Shannon Ramirez teacher Highland Kingston NY 12401-6515 reasonable in length and with appropriate questions would be appropriate. 888 12/2/2020 Tamara Reilly teacher Brooklyn NY 11229 889 12/2/2020 Leah Richards teacher Camden Middle School Blossvale NY 13308 Also suspend elementary and middle school state testing. 890 12/5/2020 Kristin Rotella teacher Kingston High School West Shokan NY 12494 Students are learning from home. Teachers assigning work and expecting them to 891 12/2/2020 Debbie Rubin teacher Plainview NY 11803 teach themselves. They are not ready for these exams. 892 12/5/2020 Samantha Ruffen teacher Goshen Central High School Wappingers Falls NY 12590 893 12/8/2020 Antoinette Russolello teacher Poughkeepsie NY 12601-5414 894 12/8/2020 Christina Saylor teacher New Paltz NY 12561 895 12/5/2020 Lauren Schimko teacher Tomkins Cove NY 10986 896 12/4/2020 Amanda Schwartz teacher Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 897 12/8/2020 Ramdat Singh teacher Bronx NY 10463 898 12/2/2020 Kristin Smith teacher East Aurora NY 14052 899 12/6/2020 Clare Smith teacher White Plains NY 10605 900 12/5/2020 Cheryl Smith teacher Yorktown Heights NY 10598-3328 901 12/4/2020 Sunshine Smith teacher Bronx Regional 902 12/8/2020 Nate Smolinsky teacher Albany City School District Albany NY 12208 903 12/2/2020 Elizabeth Sprout teacher Dryden NY 13068 904 12/3/2020 Dawn Stanziano teacher Canandaigua NY 14424 905 12/5/2020 Ashley Stegner teacher Kingston High School Port Ewen NY 12466 906 12/3/2020 Jennifer Stein teacher Port Chester NY 10573 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 907 12/3/2020 Danielle Valentini teacher Herricks Floral Park NY 11001 908 12/4/2020 Lisa Wall teacher Ronkonkoma NY 11779 909 12/2/2020 Lesa Wilbert teacher Adirondack Lewis NY 13489 910 12/4/2020 Michele Winter teacher Lindenhurst NY 11757 911 12/2/2020 Lisa Winters teacher Malone NY 12953 912 12/8/2020 Charles Witte teacher Highland High School Highland NY 12528 913 12/5/2020 Adam Yaro teacher Coxsackie NY 12051 914 12/4/2020 Michelle Yaro teacher Lackawanna High School East Amherst NY 14051 I teach in the Buffalo Public schools and so many of my students are barely hanging on by a thread. They are trying to survive this unprecedented predicament. There is so much we cannot control in terms of being able to make their lives better, but taking some of the stress out of their school year by canceling the Regents is something we can actually do for them. Please take their emotional health under consideration.

Thank you, 915 12/8/2020 Maura Young teacher NY 14052 Maura Young 916 12/5/2020 Amy Zwolinski teacher Clarence Central Schools East Amherst NY 14051 917 12/4/2020 Arlene Almodovar administrator SMs Newburgh NY 12550 918 12/2/2020 Katuraka Alston administrator Flushing NY 11367 919 12/7/2020 Kevin Davies administrator New York NY 10004 920 12/7/2020 Lisa Decastillo administrator Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11226 921 12/3/2020 Lisa Fields administrator Massapequa NY 11758 Time to undo this ridiculousness! Uncouple the Regents exams from graduation 922 12/5/2020 Susan Gargan administrator Bay Shore NY 11706 requirements. 923 12/2/2020 Rochelle Hoot administrator Brunswick Central School District Troy NY 12180 Please consider this for our students. 924 12/6/2020 Michael Hynes administrator Sayville NY 11782 925 12/8/2020 Melissa Jacobs administrator New Visions Charter for Humanities II Bronx NY 10455 926 12/7/2020 Abby Jordan administrator Liberation Diploma Plus High School Brooklyn NY 11224 Extending the graduation exemptions will enable students with disabilities the flexibility to earn a high school diploma based upon their engagement and 927 12/3/2020 Lisa Knowles administrator Guilderland CSD Albany NY 12205 completion of their coursework and not be inhibited by a grade on an exam. 928 12/4/2020 Yeesoo Lee administrator Brooklyn NY 11225 929 12/2/2020 April Leong administrator Liberation Diploma Plus High School New York NY 11224 930 12/2/2020 Natascha Minze administrator Brooklyn NY 11229 931 12/3/2020 Richard Pogue administrator Brunswick Central School District Schenectady NY 12309-5419 932 12/4/2020 Andrew Rabinovici administrator Brooklyn NY 11236 933 12/4/2020 Jazmin Rivera-Polanco administrator Bronx Haven High School Bronx NY 10451 934 12/2/2020 Monia Salam administrator New York NY 10036 It is impossible during COVID-19 to provide sufficient direct instruction in support of meeting graduation standards in New York. Additionally, it is in violation of IDEA given the varied environments and amounts of quality instruction students 935 12/4/2020 Peter Taormina administrator Wynantskill NY 12198 are given at this time. 936 12/3/2020 Jaymes White administrator Brunswick Central School District Troy NY 12180 937 12/8/2020 Nancie Adolphe other educator Brooklyn NY 11226 938 12/2/2020 Nancie Adolphe other educator Brooklyn NY 11226 939 12/2/2020 Fran Agnone other educator New York NY 10036 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments 940 12/3/2020 Theresa Amelio other educator Todd Elementary Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 941 12/5/2020 Margery Anderson other educator North Shore School District Glen Head NY 11545 942 12/4/2020 Kristen Arita other educator Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 943 12/8/2020 Susan Astor other educator New Paltz NY 12561 944 12/2/2020 Aissatou Barry other educator Brooklyn NY 11226 945 12/3/2020 Micaella Baum-Tuccillo other educator CUNY New York NY 11230 It is time to decouple regents from graduation. It has been time! 946 12/2/2020 Davi Bloomfield other educator Brooklyn NY 11201 947 12/7/2020 Aaron Boyle other educator Brooklyn NY 11238 948 12/9/2020 Brenda Bunnell other educator New York NY 10024 949 12/7/2020 Michelle-Alexis Campbell other educator Bronx NY 950 12/2/2020 Norma Canals other educator Stony Point NY 10980 951 12/7/2020 Joe Christiana other educator Carmel Central School District Carmel NY 10512 952 12/3/2020 Capri Christianson other educator New York NY 10462 953 12/4/2020 Suzanne Coyle other educator New City NY 10956 954 12/8/2020 Barbay D'amico other educator Viscardi School Littleneck NY Regents should not be reguired during this pandemic 955 12/3/2020 Amanda Davidson other educator Albany NY 12208 956 12/8/2020 Nicole Defino other educator Brooklyn NY 11216 957 12/7/2020 Emilee Dobroff other educator Plainview NY 11803 958 12/3/2020 Tiffany Dubon other educator Bronx Community College Bronx NY 10469 959 12/2/2020 Miriam Edwin other educator Brooklyn NY 11216-4988 960 12/3/2020 Jennifer Ellerbrock other educator Brunswick Central School District Troy NY 12180 961 12/4/2020 Johanna Escobar other educator Yonkers NY 10704 962 12/7/2020 Ashley Falzone other educator Astoria NY 11106 The results of these exams do not and have not shown if many students are proficient in the subject matter. Therefore it is time to remove them from 963 12/2/2020 Manny Felouzis other educator Medford NY 11763 graduation requirements and return final evaluations to local control. 964 12/8/2020 Jamie Ferrel other educator Brooklyn NY 11201 965 12/5/2020 Jennifer Gaboury other educator Brooklyn NY 11220 These exams should be eliminated for good 966 12/7/2020 John Gordon other educator New York NY 10027 967 12/5/2020 Barbara Grosflam other educator Spring Valley NY 10977 968 12/2/2020 Lorri Gumanow other educator Brooklyn NY 11238 969 12/2/2020 Allison Guttu other educator New York NY 10011 970 12/2/2020 Rebecca Hartje other educator New York NY 10027 On behalf of the many immigrant students in the Capital Region, who are struggling with all sorts of stresses during the pandemic, I urge you to suspend the Regents exams for this school year. Sincerely, Dahlia Herring Co-Chair 971 12/7/2020 Dahlia Herring other educator Capital Region Refugee Roundtable Albany NY 12202 Capital Region Refugee Roundtable 972 12/5/2020 Jonelle Hinds other educator Brooklyn NY 11225 I think it is the wise decision to suspend the Regulations that requires students to pass Regents exams to be eligible to Graduate from HS, through the 2020-2021 973 12/3/2020 Philip Howard other educator Newburgh Enlarged City School District Newburgh NY 12550 school year, to include through August. 974 12/2/2020 Franky Jordan other educator Brooklyn NY 11235 975 12/5/2020 Terry Kalb other educator Wading River NY 11792 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments I am Executive Director of Sangha Education Center, Special Educator, Adjunct Professor at SUNY Old Westbury, and a parent of two young adult children ages 22 and 18. After NYS removed the general diploma and regents competency test for the regents only pathway with iterations of local diploma pathways, many students were put at-risk and teaching to the test became our culture. Enough. Do not require regents exams in NYS as a graduation requirement. Lives are in the Sangha Education Center and SUNY Old balance! Focus on truly educating our students and minimize anxiety for all. Enable 976 12/2/2020 Christine Keller other educator Westbury Bellmore NY 11710 teachers and save our schools. I am the Transition Coordinator here at Tamarac High School. I am seeing how difficult it is for students this year to learn the material for the classes they are taking. They are resilient but they have so much on their plate already. Regents exams should not be an extra burden in this time of fear, uncertainty, instructional obstacles, social anxiety, and other problems our students are facing. Regents exams also require students to gather in large groups and confined spaces which creates a significant COVID outbreak vulnerability. Students and teachers should not have to go through this just for the sake of a test. I am hoping the department of education is able to see the value of easing the regents exam requirements 977 12/3/2020 Gregory Kerwath other educator Tamarac High School Troy NY 12180 during these unprecedented times. These tests are not valid evaluations of student learning in the best of circumstances. During this mess with covid, this should be a stressor we can 978 12/2/2020 Christine Kio other educator Camden Central Schools Verona NY 13478 eliminate for our students. 979 12/7/2020 Heather Kraus other educator New Paltz NY 12561 980 12/8/2020 Cara Kronen other educator City University of NY Tuckahoe NY 10707 981 12/2/2020 Casey Lamb other educator Brooklyn NY 11222 982 12/5/2020 Christine Lau other educator NYC DOE Glen Head NY 11545 The idea that students and families should be under stress about examinations is insane. We need to focus on improving online education, not on stopping and starting brick and mortar school over and over again. This is a chance to stop teaching to tests and for students to reflect and improve their skills. We are 983 12/8/2020 Tal Leslie other educator Brooklyn NY 11209 missing it as things stand now. Seniors who are applying to colleges and preparing for their next stage in life should not have to be concerned about whether their graduation hinges on an exam they *might* have to take in June. With everything else going on in the world, 984 12/9/2020 Cynthia Ling other educator New York NY 10025 we should allow for the Class of 21 to graduate without this requirement! 985 12/8/2020 Caroline Loomis other educator Brooklyn NY 11218 986 12/9/2020 Jose Manzano other educator New York NY 10025 987 12/8/2020 Sara Martucci other educator Mercy College New York NY 11101 988 12/5/2020 Anne McCarthy other educator Congers NY 10920-2029 989 12/7/2020 Jun Mei He other educator Richmond Hill NY 11418 990 12/2/2020 Nicole Meissner other educator Tamarac Troy NY 12180 991 12/7/2020 Johanny Mejia other educator Brooklyn NY 11213 992 12/8/2020 Pamela Miller other educator New York NY 10032 993 12/2/2020 Kim Morales other educator Brooklyn NY 11226 994 12/7/2020 Dolan Morgan other educator Internationals Network Brooklyn NY 11222 995 12/4/2020 Elaine Muff other educator Port Washington NY 11050 996 12/2/2020 Jessica Navarra other educator Plainview NY 11803 Date # Signed First Name Last Name Role School City State ZIP Comments Many if the students in my school district do not have all the technology needed for virtual learning. Even many of the ones who do are struggling with this "new normal." Staff members are being exposed to COVID and are required to quarantine leaving students without Teachers on a regular basis. They are all put into the cafeteria and expected to do work often without enough guidance and support. But for those who are trying and having success, they still might not have as much academic knowledge as students in other districts. Their efforts in these unprecedented times should be recognized and their futures should not hang on a 997 12/4/2020 May Neils other educator Spring Valley NY 10977 Regents exam. 998 12/8/2020 Kelly Nelson other educator Highland Central School District Newburgh NY 12550 999 12/3/2020 Joel Nunez other educator Brooklyn NY 11218-1304 I am a School Counselor, and I am strongly in favor of extending the COVID-19 graduation exemptions and suspend requirements that students pass Regents exams during this school year in order to graduate. I feel that the testing would be unfair and detrimental to our students, and not a true reflection of their knowledge 1000 12/3/2020 Patricia Poupore other educator Troy NY 12180 and educational foundation. 1001 12/2/2020 Lourdes Rivera-Putz other educator New York NY 11206 1002 12/2/2020 Amanda Rosenblum other educator New York NY 11230

1003 12/3/2020 Barbara And Jeffrey Rubin other educator Newburgh NY 12550 1004 12/5/2020 Emily Ruffen other educator Wappingers Falls NY 12590 1005 12/5/2020 Fran Rutigliano other educator New City NY 10956 I am a volunteer for the USCRI and work with an Afghani family whose children are doing very well at Albany High. They complete their work, get excellent grades on exams but because of Covid still hope to graduate despite lack of regents credit. Please consider this plea to allow them to graduate anyway. They are wonderful 1006 12/7/2020 Meris Ruzow other educator Clifton Park NY 12065 members of society. A most crucial time to assist seniors already negatively impacted by the pandemic. Hope and support are what is needed to propel them toward success in post- 1007 12/2/2020 Patricia Ryancanedo other educator College Prep Program for NYC HS students Bayside NY 11361 secondary environments. 1008 12/3/2020 Christine Shields other educator Troy NY 12180 1009 12/3/2020 Donald Sindon other educator Brunswick Central School District Troy NY 12180 1010 12/3/2020 Karen Smith other educator Spencer Van Etten Spencer NY 14883 1011 12/5/2020 Omayra Soto other educator Bronx NY 10461 1012 12/5/2020 Meagen Stephani other educator Patchogue-Medford Patchogue NY 11772 1013 12/3/2020 Regina Swanson other educator Brightwaters NY 11718 1014 12/7/2020 Katherine Teasdale-Edwards other educator Syracuse City School District Syracuse NY 13207 1015 12/8/2020 Kt Tobin other educator SUNY New Paltz New Paltz NY 12561 1016 12/3/2020 Virgalene Torres other educator Half Hollow Hills High School East Farmingdale NY 11735 1017 12/7/2020 Chastity Vasquez other educator Bronx NY 10461 1018 12/2/2020 Asuka Watanabe other educator Brooklyn NY 11213 1019 12/9/2020 Lakisha Williams other educator New York NY 10031 1020 12/5/2020 Andrea Williams other educator Ossining NY 1021 12/3/2020 Kearran Wilson other educator Aim 1 Charter High School Brooklyn NY 11236 1022 12/8/2020 Josh Wittman other educator Granville Central Junior-Senior High School Granville NY 12832 1023 12/3/2020 Alicia Wolcott other educator New York NY 10004 1024 12/8/2020 Christine Wynkoop other educator Kerhonkson NY 12446 1025 12/2/2020 Adele Youngs other educator Oneonta NY 13820