Anti-Common Core activist group holds meeting with Superintendent Richard Woods, Rep. Tom Rice | Gwinnett Daily Post

NORCROSS — Tom Rice called it democracy in action, and several of the supporters of the grassroots effort were buoyed by the chance to organize their cause and spread their beliefs.

A first-of-its-kind all-day meeting organized by the group Georgians to Stop Common Core met on Saturday at Peachtree Corners Baptist Church where Rice, a state representative who represents the area opened the meeting with a prayer. State School Superintendent Richard Woods, who campaigned against Common Core during last year’s election, also attended the meeting.

“My position has not changed,” Woods told the crowd. “People know that, they know that in the government, sometimes we just smile and we agree to disagree. They know exactly where I stand on these issues and where we’re at. Thank you for everything you’ve done. It’s a fight worth fighting, hang in there and we will get there.”

The focus was on Common Core’s impact on Georgians and how to restore quality education and local control. The group believes the standards were “hurriedly adopted” in Georgia without legislative process to make Georgia eligible to receive funding in the Race to the Top grant competition in 2010.

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