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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Loveland City. We found 4 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District-Wide ‘i-Ready’ Digital Curriculum Replaces Teacher Instruction
Multiple board reports confirm the district’s deep and ongoing use of the i-Ready digital curriculum for all K-8 students. This program replaces direct teacher and peer interaction with a ‘personalized instructional path’ on a screen, requiring significant daily screen time. The district has not provided independent evidence that this software improves academic outcomes more than traditional teaching.
Recommended Action Plan
Email Superintendent Michael Broadwater at broadwmi@lovelandschools.org and call Board President Jonathan Eilert at (513) 683-5600: ‘Before renewing or expanding i-Ready, the Board must provide parents with two things: 1) The total daily screen time required for a student to use i-Ready with fidelity, and 2) Independent, non-vendor-funded studies proving it delivers better academic results than a human teacher.’
💰 Impact: Increased Student Screen Time
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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District Confirms Use of ‘MTSS’ Behavioral Framework
The PK-4 progress report explicitly states the district uses a ‘Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS)’ framework to provide ‘personalized learning’ and assign students to ‘tiers of intervention.’ This system can be used to collect non-academic data on children and apply behavioral or social-emotional interventions without full parental knowledge or consent.
Recommended Action Plan
Email Superintendent Michael Broadwater at broadwmi@lovelandschools.org: ‘Regarding the MTSS framework mentioned in the board report, what specific non-academic data is collected on students, who has access to it, and what is the exact policy for notifying and obtaining consent from parents before a behavioral or emotional intervention is started?’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Behavioral Data
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Sophomores Required to Take ‘YouScience’ Aptitude-Mining Assessment
The high school report states all sophomores will participate in ‘YouScience,’ a career assessment using ‘brain games’ to measure their aptitudes. This requires students to turn over sensitive personal and cognitive data to a third-party vendor without clear information on how that data will be used, stored, or protected.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email Superintendent Michael Broadwater at broadwmi@lovelandschools.org: ‘Who owns the student aptitude data collected by YouScience? Provide parents with the full data privacy agreement and a clear opt-out form for the ‘Exploration Wednesday’ assessment before students are required to participate.’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| ALERT (LEVEL 2) |
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Donation Confirms ‘Hope Squad’ Peer Counseling Program in High School
Agenda item 6.2 lists a donation to the ‘LHS Hope Squad.’ Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program that can put untrained students in the role of counselors, potentially bypassing both licensed professionals and parents when a student is in crisis.
Recommended Action Plan
MONITOR: Email Superintendent Michael Broadwater at broadwmi@lovelandschools.org: ‘Regarding the Hope Squad program at LHS mentioned in Item 6.2, please provide the training materials and the district’s official policy on when and how parents are notified if their child seeks help from a Hope Squad member.’
💰 Impact: Bypassing Parental Notification
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