Sarah Chambers, SARAH, and what grade you teach. Special Education, 6th and 8th grade. Will you be administering and administering? Will you be giving the test tomorrow? No, I will not be giving the test tomorrow. I just stopped at the end and was like, oh, they'll have to pay if they have to. No, we are not going to cave. We made this decision for our children. We want to teach, not test, and we're going to stand up for what's right and advocate for our students. What is the biggest problem over the ICEDAD? Why do you feel so strongly against it? ICEDAD is not used for promotion, leveling in school, anything. There are too many tests. It's not just the ICEDAD. The students are over-tested. They get anxiety, they cry, they get overwhelmed, and it does not measure their actual academic performance. So what else will they be doing then for the next level of age? We'll be teaching them. We normally do. Teaching them critical thinking skills and not teaching them to bubble in tests. Is the principal also on board? No, she is not. So you guys will be given the packs of tests, but you guys just will not be giving them the test. Nope. We will be teaching them and the students that are opted out will go in another room and we'll be teaching them like we normally do. The district says you guys could stay on the ground. Are you prepared for that? Before we took the vote, we knew what we were going into. We knew there could be repercussions and we were prepared for that. We're doing what is right when we're fighting for injustice. Even though it's a state and federal law, at this point, to keep the tests around. But 42 out of 50 states have gotten waivers from the federal government, no child left behind. Illinois has already requested a waiver and could still grant it. And next year, this does not even give me these tests out. No, the new tests. This test is not being given, but this is an overall fight against over-testing. And then just received a gene of over-testing. Okay. Now, I address the funding. Okay. So a lot of people are asking about the funding. We will not lose funding if less than 95% of the students take the test. All it means is that we will not make adequate yearly progress, which most schools have not made in many years and over 90%. And we have to be at 100% students meeting our passing to make it, which is statistically impassable. So we will not lose funding. All that happens is there is after-school tutoring. I'm prepared for that. I'm prepared for that. You guys have been doing that already. Exactly. Thank you. So we are being told to test, test, test. What are teachers to do? They're not teaching anymore. We're teaching people are teaching to the test. That's not teaching. Why should our children be put through that? So other people can make money. I mean, who's paying for these tests? The taxpayers. Who's getting rich? The taxpayers? No. Everybody else that has interest. Two years ago, when I was teaching fifth grade, some of my students were throwing up in the classroom because they were so nervous about it, because there's so much pressure that is put under these children. Why should our children go through this? So why is there so much pressure from the board to give these tests? Is there like some special interest that are making money from it? Of course. It's all about money. Everything's about money. I mean, who's getting the benefit for all these tests? Who's getting their money? Why don't we think some of our schools are falling apart? We need technology. We don't have technology here. We have to be begging most of the teachers, we buy our own materials. Why not use that money to bring into our children to better our children's education instead of wasting money and think that we are not going to be even utilizing? What is the purpose? Some people also say that it's almost like a race to the bottom that they're trying to justify the closing down of schools by bringing all the way. Do you see that having any role in it too? Absolutely. It's not so much closing the school. What is happening is that they want to destroy the union. I mean, New York, New York, teachers in New York cannot even. It's against the law for them to come and strike. So we're going backwards. I mean, what happens to all the men and women that have fought in history for us to go backwards in time? It's not just a matter. It's just a matter of teachers saying, oh, we're not going to, it's just like, no, we want to teach. What's easier to just give them a piece of paper and sit there and watch the test or to actually be teaching? That's what we're saying. Let us teach.