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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for BAY. We found 10 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District to Pay Consultant $304,000 for Behavior Management
The board is approving two contracts totaling $304,000 with Bailey Education Group, LLC to implement “Push-In Teacher Training” and “Comprehensive Support.” This is a classic Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program that uses “trauma-informed practices” and “Positive Behavioral Interventions” to engineer student behavior, taking focus and funds away from core academics.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a massive expenditure on social engineering, not education. Email the School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Vote NO on Item 17.A. Our children need academics, not $304,000 behavioral experiments from outside consultants.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $304,000
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 10) |
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Massive Expansion of Non-Teaching “Support” Staff
The district’s new list of approved positions creates a large bureaucracy of non-teaching staff focused on student intervention and surveillance. Roles like “Student Supportive Care Manager,” “Licensed Mental Health Professional,” and “MTSS Staff Training Specialist” embed a therapeutic and monitoring system into our schools, operating outside of the classroom and parental oversight.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY: This is being buried in the Consent Agenda. Email the School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Pull Item 11.C from the Consent Agenda. Parents deserve a public discussion on why the district is hiring so many non-academic staff instead of focusing on core instruction.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 10) |
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Teacher Training Catalog Focuses on Therapy, Not Academics
The annual Professional Learning Catalog reveals the district’s priorities, and they are not academic. The catalog is filled with training sessions like “Youth Mental Health First Aid,” “Trauma Informed Care,” and “MTSS,” which train teachers to act as amateur therapists and data collectors on your child’s emotional state.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: Teachers should be experts in reading and math, not mental health. Email the School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Vote NO on the Professional Learning Catalog (Item 12.B) until all quasi-medical and psychological training is removed. Let teachers teach.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Teacher Focus on Academics
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Formalizes Partnership with Behavioral Hospital
The board is approving an agreement with Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital to provide “education services” to students receiving mental and behavioral health care. This agreement creates a formal pipeline between the school and a psychiatric facility and includes provisions for sharing student information, blurring the line between public education and medical treatment.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding Item 12.A, what specific guardrails are in place to ensure parents have full control over their child’s medical information and treatment decisions when the school is partnered with a behavioral hospital?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Parental Medical Consent
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District to Spend $100,800 on Student Surveillance Software
The district plans to purchase “LUMU Defender,” a cybersecurity system that “continuously monitors network traffic and school-issued devices.” While pitched as security, this is a powerful surveillance tool that gives the district the ability to monitor all student activity on school networks and devices, collecting massive amounts of data on our children.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Email the School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding Item 15.A, who owns the student data collected by Lumu? I demand a clear, simple opt-out for my child from this level of digital surveillance before you approve this $100,800 contract.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $100,800
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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New Staffing Rules Prioritize “Support” Staff Over Teachers
The revised Staffing Formula institutionalizes non-academic positions like “School Counselor” and uses “MTSS” (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) as a basis for adding staff. It also allows for additional Deans based on qualifiers like Free/Reduced lunch status, which is a backdoor to equity-based resource allocation rather than academic need.
Recommended Action Plan
ASK QUESTIONS: Email the School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding the Staffing Formula in Item 11.B, why are we using non-academic metrics to allocate staff? Resources should follow academic need, not social metrics.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Merit-Based Staffing
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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District Adding More Counselors and Behavior Analysts
The board is being asked to approve more new staff positions, including a Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and two Counselors. This continues the trend of bloating the district’s therapeutic staff at the expense of academic focus and taxpayer dollars.
Recommended Action Plan
MONITOR: Track the expansion of these roles. Email the School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Please provide the metrics that justify hiring more therapeutic staff (Item 17.B) instead of more core subject teachers.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Federal & Local Tax Dollars
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
Item 9.A on the Consent Agenda, “Approval of Professional Services Continuing Contracts,” has a vague title and the detailed backup file was not included in the agenda packet. These types of contracts can be used to hire ideological consultants without scrutiny.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘BU Facilities Approval of Professional Services Continuing Contracts.pdf’ attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes or controversial vendors.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
Item 9.B on the Consent Agenda, “Capital Projects and Energy Conservation Update,” has a vague title and the detailed backup file was not included in the agenda packet. This could be a routine update, or it could contain spending related to “green” initiatives that have curriculum implications.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘BU Facilities Capital Projects and Energy Conservation Update.pdf’ attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
Item 10.B on the Consent Agenda, “Internal Audit Reports,” has a vague title and the actual audit reports were not included in the agenda packet. While likely routine, parents deserve to see the results of financial audits.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the audit report files (e.g., ‘BU-Finance-Internal Accounts Auditor-25-26 Arnold.pdf’) attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to ensure financial transparency.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Financial Transparency
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