Mary Kaye,

Before you continue dissing Jonathan Light's qualifications for the school board,  you might want to learn about him first.  He is a lifelong Springfield resident who happens to be a teacher with a Master's degree.  He was raised by parents who were teachers themselves.  Mr. Light does know a lot about education, and, probably like many teachers, sees daily the damage Common Core has caused.  Teaching for this test does not help a child's intellect develop, it only teaches a child how to take a test of which the results aren't known for months.  The time and energy spent preparing for the Common Core test could be used to actually help children develop their minds by teaching math, literature, history, science, and analytical thinking.

Also, Springfield, Oregon, is in Oregon not Kentucky.  Calling Springfield "Sprintucky" hasn't been funny since the first time it was spoken, how would you like to be called undeserved insulting names constantly?  I doubt you would.