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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for San Miguel Joint Union. We found 9 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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New Bylaw Gags Elected Board Members
A new bylaw, BB 9200, explicitly forbids individual board members from investigating or resolving parent complaints about student matters, personnel, or legal issues. It forces them to forward all such concerns to the Superintendent, effectively silencing the representatives you elected to hold the administration accountable.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a direct attack on your representation. Email the District Board (see the Official Agenda link for details): ‘Vote NO on Bylaw 9200. We elected you to be our voice and to hold the administration accountable, not to be a rubber stamp for the Superintendent.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Reduced Board Oversight
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Admits to Student ‘Threat Assessment’ Committee
The Curriculum Update reveals a district staff member participates in a ‘Level 2 Threat Assessment Committee’ with unnamed ‘County partners.’ This creates a system for monitoring students and sharing their information with outside agencies without clear parental consent or knowledge.
Recommended Action Plan
Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link for details) and ask: ‘Regarding Item IX.v, who are the ‘County partners’ on the Threat Assessment Committee, what specific student data is shared, and what is the parental notification and consent process before a child is discussed?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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New Policy Allows Outside Agencies to ‘Intervene’ with Students
Under the consent agenda, updated Policy 5141.4 allows the Superintendent to collaborate with county child welfare, probation, and mental health departments on ‘intervention programs for students.’ This policy opens the door for outside agencies to engage with children at school, potentially without parents’ full knowledge or consent.
Recommended Action Plan
Contact the District Board (see the Official Agenda link for details): ‘Vote NO on Policy 5141.4. I do not consent to the district creating ‘intervention programs’ for my child with probation and child welfare departments without my direct involvement and consent.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Parental Authority
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Garden Program Staff Trained in ‘Trauma-Informed Care’
A $13,800 contract with ‘One Cool Earth’ for a school garden program explicitly states that its educators are trained in ‘trauma-informed care.’ This is an ideological and therapeutic framework that has no place in a garden class and is being introduced to students without parental consent.
Recommended Action Plan
Contact the District Board (see the Official Agenda link for details): ‘Pull item X.xvii from the consent agenda. Why are garden educators required to be trained in ‘trauma-informed care’? We do not consent to therapeutic techniques being used on our children in a garden class.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $13,800
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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$71,820 Contract for ‘Healthy Relationship with Food’ Classes
The district plans to approve a $71,820 contract with ‘Building A Healthy Me’ for nutrition classes. The scope goes beyond basic nutrition to teaching students how to ‘build a healthy relationship with food,’ which is often a gateway for Social Emotional Learning (SEL) concepts about feelings and psychology, not science.
Recommended Action Plan
Contact the District Board (see the Official Agenda link for details): ‘Pull item X.xv from the consent agenda. Parents demand to see the full curriculum for ‘Building A Healthy Me’ before you spend $71,820 on classes that sound more like therapy than nutrition.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $71,820
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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$19,500 ‘Wellness’ Consultant Hired to Push Agenda
The district is hiring ‘Kristen Criswell Consulting’ for $19,500 to implement the ‘Local School Wellness Policy.’ The scope includes ‘nutrition promotion,’ ‘Smarter Lunchroom strategies,’ and creating a ‘Wellness is Where It’s At’ newsletter, using the cover of ‘wellness’ to push a specific agenda to students and families.
Recommended Action Plan
Contact the District Board (see the Official Agenda link for details): ‘Regarding item X.xvi, what specific, measurable academic outcomes justify spending $19,500 on a ‘wellness’ consultant? Focus our funds on academics, not social programming.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $19,500
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| 👀 MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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School Implements ‘Leader in Me’ SEL Program
Lillian Larsen school is implementing the ‘Leader in Me’ program, which is based on Stephen Covey’s ‘7 Habits.’ This is a form of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) that focuses on changing student habits and mindsets, shifting focus from core academics to character and behavior modification.
Recommended Action Plan
Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link for details) and ask: ‘What is the total cost of the ‘Leader in Me’ program, including materials and training? I want my child focused on math and reading, not corporate-branded character education.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Academic Focus
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| 👀 MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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District Consents to AI Review of Legal and Student Matters
The new legal services agreement with Dannis Woliver Kelley includes a clause where the district consents to the use of ‘Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ on its legal matters. This could expose sensitive student and district data to third-party AI platforms with unclear privacy and security protections.
Recommended Action Plan
Contact the District Board (see the Official Agenda link for details): ‘Regarding item X.xviii, what specific guardrails are in place to prevent confidential student information from being fed into third-party AI systems by the district’s lawyers? We demand a data privacy impact assessment.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Student Data Privacy
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✅ Wins to Defend
Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.
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| Major Win (LEVEL 8) |
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Policy Update Confirms Parental Opt-Out Rights
The updated Child Abuse Prevention Policy (5141.4) now explicitly states that ‘Parent(s)/guardian(s) shall have the right to excuse their child from all or part of instruction regarding abuse, including sexual abuse, and human trafficking prevention education.’ This is a crucial win that strengthens parental authority over sensitive curriculum.
How to Lock It In
Show up to thank the Board for codifying this right in Policy 5141.4. Email the Board (see Official Agenda link): ‘Thank you for explicitly affirming our right to opt our children out of sensitive instruction in Policy 5141.4. We appreciate you standing up for parental rights.’
✅ Why It Matters: Strengthened Parental Rights
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