FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    JIM HORNE
    Commissioner of Education
     
      
     
     
     
    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
      
     
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
     
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
     
     
    Members
     
    SALLY BRADSHAW
     
    LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.
     
    CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA
     
    JULIA L. JOHNSON
     
    WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.
      
     
     
    CONTACT
    PERSONS
     
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
     
    Name:
    Mary
    Jo
    Butler
    Name:
    Mike
    Tremor
     
    Phone:
    (850)
    488-6726
    Phone:
    (850)
    487-8804
     
    Suncom:
    278-6726
    Suncom:
      
      
      
    277-8804
     
      
      
      
    Email:
      
      
      
      
    Email:
     
      
      
      
    maryjo.butler@fldoe.org
      
    michael.tremor@fldoe.org
     
     
    Name:
    Ruth
    Gumm-Shearon
      
    DPS:
    03-077
      
       
     
     
    Phone:
    (850)
    487-3506
        
     
    Suncom:
    277-3506
       
     
      
      
      
    Email:
      
      
     
      
      
      
    ruth.gumm-shearon@fldoe.org
     
    MEMORANDUM
    TO:
    District School Superintendents
     
    FROM:
    Betty Coxe
     
    DATE:
    April 4, 2003
     
    SUBJECT:
    GOOD CAUSE EXEMPTIONS – USE OF STUDENT PORTFOLIO (TAP FY 2003-9)
     
     
    To respond to your questions from last week regarding the use of the student portfolio as a good cause
    exemption for promotion from third grade, the attached question and answer paper was developed.
     
    We look forward to working with your district teams during the regional meetings scheduled for April 8
    th
    in
    Tallahassee, April 9
    th
    in Jacksonville, April 23
    rd
    in Orlando, April 22
    nd
    in Tampa, and April 24
    th
    in Coral
    Springs. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Shan Goff, Chief, Bureau of Instructional
    Support and Community Services, via email at shan.goff@fldoe.org or by telephone at (850) 488-1570.
     
    BC:sg
     
    Attachment
     
    cc:
    Assistant Superintendents for Instruction Exceptional
    Student
    Education Directors
      
      
    Elementary
    Supervisors
      
      
    Dropout
    Prevention
    Coordinators
     
      
      
    Student Services Directors
      
      
      
    Elementary School Principals
     
    BETTY COXE
    Deputy Chancellor
     
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 501 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 413-0555 • www.fldoe.org

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