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📍 Drive to West Des Moines Comm Sch Office   📅 Thursday, September 17, 2026 to Calendar
📄 View Official Agenda
Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for West Des Moines Comm School District. We found 3 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8)
Deleting “Gender Fair” Policy, But Where is it Going?
📅 Scheduled Action
The board is deleting the “Multicultural/Gender Fair Education” policy (603.07), claiming its language is now “covered in other policies.” This could be a shell game, hiding controversial concepts under new, vague titles instead of truly removing them. Parents need to know exactly where these ideas have been moved.
Recommended Action Plan

DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link) and ask the Board: ‘Regarding the deletion of Policy 603.07, please provide a list of exactly which other policies now contain the “Multicultural/Gender Fair” language. We will not accept a shell game that hides ideology under new names.’

💰 Taxpayer Impact: Ideology Hidden in Plain Sight
NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7)
Board Adopting Unseen Changes from Lobbying Group
📅 Scheduled Action
The board is updating at least eight policies, including the core “Instructional Program” (603.01) and “Access to Public Information” (901.02), based on recommendations from the Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB). The actual text of these changes has not been provided, preventing any public review before they are adopted.
Recommended Action Plan

DEMAND A DELAY: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link) and demand the Board table the vote on all IASB-recommended policy changes until the full “red-line” text of every change is posted publicly for review. ‘Do not vote on what parents cannot see.’

💰 Taxpayer Impact: No Public Review
MONITOR (LEVEL 5)
Superintendent Given New Authority Over Enrollment
📅 Scheduled Action
The board plans to change policy 501.15 to delegate authority for Open Enrollment directly to the Superintendent. This removes a layer of public oversight from the elected board and gives more power to an unelected administrator, reducing accountability to parents.
Recommended Action Plan

QUESTION THE POWER SHIFT: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link) and ask the Board: ‘Why are you giving away your oversight authority on Open Enrollment (Policy 501.15)? This decision should remain with the publicly-elected board, not be delegated to an administrator.’

💰 Taxpayer Impact: Reduced Board Oversight
District Leadership
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