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📍 Drive to SIMMS ISD Office   📅 Monday, September 21, 2026 to Calendar
📄 View Official Agenda
Heads up, taxpayers and parents: We’ve audited the upcoming SIMMS ISD agenda. There are 3 items targeting parental consent and taxpayer funds that need your immediate attention before the gavel falls.
⚠️ Warning (LEVEL 8)
Vote on Secret ‘Athletic Project’ After Closed-Door Meeting
📅 Scheduled Action
The board will hold a closed-door ‘Executive Session’ to discuss an ‘Athletic Project’ and then may immediately vote to approve it in public session. No details on the project’s scope, cost, or funding source have been provided to taxpayers, preventing any public scrutiny of a potentially major expenditure.
Response

DEMAND A DELAY: Contact the Simms ISD board. ‘Postpone the vote on Item 10, the Athletic Project. The public deserves to know the full cost and scope of this project before you take any action.’

💰 Impact: Undisclosed Project Cost
🚩Watchlist (LEVEL 6)
Requires Verification

Secret Change to Student Search Policy Proposed
📅 Scheduled Action
The board will vote on a change to ‘FNF (local)’ policy, which typically governs student searches. The district has not provided the text of the proposed changes, leaving parents in the dark about potential impacts on their children’s rights and privacy at school.
Response

INVESTIGATE: Contact the Simms ISD board and demand the proposed text for the ‘FNF (local)’ policy change in Item 6 be posted publicly before any vote is taken.

💰 Impact: Reduced Student Privacy
🚩Watchlist (LEVEL 5)
Requires Verification

Board to Approve Undisclosed Spending List
📅 Scheduled Action
The board plans to approve an entire month’s expenditure list under the consent agenda without publishing the list for public review. This practice can conceal payments to lobbyists, controversial consultants, or other spending taxpayers would oppose.
Response

DEMAND THE DETAILS: Contact the Simms ISD board and ask that the full expenditure list for Item 4.B be pulled from the consent agenda and published online before the vote. Taxpayers have a right to see where their money is going.

💰 Impact: Undisclosed Spending
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