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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for San Marino Unified. We found 9 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Spends Over $288,000 on ‘STEMscopes’ EdTech
The district’s warrant report reveals two large payments totaling $288,532.88 to ‘Accelerate Learning / STEMscopes.’ This is a massive expenditure on a digital science curriculum that significantly increases student screen time, replacing traditional hands-on learning.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website): ‘Before spending over $288,000 on STEMscopes, please publish the independent, non-vendor-funded evidence proving its academic effectiveness. How many minutes of screen time per day will this add, and what hands-on learning will it replace?’
💰 Impact: $288,532.88
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Pays for SEL Program ‘The Zones of Regulation’
The district’s warrant report shows a payment of $1,052.00 to ‘The Zones of Regulation Inc.’ This is a well-known Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program that teaches children to manage their emotions according to a prescribed psychological framework, a function that belongs to parents, not the school.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website): ‘I see a payment to ‘The Zones of Regulation’ in the warrant report. I do not consent to my child receiving psychological programming in the classroom. Please provide the curriculum for parental review and explain why academic funds are being spent on SEL.’
💰 Impact: $1,052.00
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Pays $8,405 for ‘Newsela’ Digital Content
The district paid $8,405.29 for ‘Newsela, Inc.,’ a service that provides news articles for classroom use. Newsela has been widely criticized for presenting politically biased, left-leaning articles as objective news, influencing students’ views on current events under the guise of reading comprehension.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website): ‘I am concerned about the $8,405 payment to Newsela. Parents have a right to know if politically biased materials are being used in the classroom. I request a full list of Newsela articles being assigned to students.’
💰 Impact: $8,405.29
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Pays $74,000 to Data Analytics Firm
The Purchase Order report includes a $74,000 payment to ‘KeyAnalytics.’ Data analytics firms often create ‘data dashboards’ to track student metrics beyond academics, including behavior and social-emotional indicators, raising significant student privacy concerns.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding the $74,000 payment to KeyAnalytics, what specific student data is being collected and shared with this vendor? I demand to see the data-sharing agreement and the parental opt-out form before this is implemented.’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Public Comments Submitted Online Are Not Read Aloud
The district’s public comment policy for items 2 and 7 states that comments submitted via their online form ‘will not be read during the meeting.’ This practice prevents comments from concerned parents who cannot attend in person from being entered into the public record and heard by the community, effectively silencing them.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding Board Policy 9323(b), I demand that all public comments, whether submitted online or in person, be read into the public record during the meeting. Silencing parents who cannot attend in person is unacceptable and undermines transparency.’
💰 Impact: Suppressed Public Dissent
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Board to Approve $100,515 for More Classroom Screens
Item 10.j asks the board to approve a $100,515.45 purchase from STS Education for AV equipment, including 16 large-screen TVs and 8 interactive flat panels. This purchase further digitizes the classroom, increasing student screen time at the expense of direct instruction and hands-on learning.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website): ‘Vote NO on Item 10.j. Before spending $100,000 on more screens, show parents the evidence that this technology improves academic outcomes and disclose how much daily screen time it will add for our children.’
💰 Impact: $100,515.45
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Pays SEL Vendor ‘Center for the Collaborative Classroom’
The warrant report reveals a $1,030.31 payment to ‘Center for the Collaborative Classroom.’ This organization promotes Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and ‘equity,’ embedding ideological concepts into core subjects like reading and writing.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website): ‘I object to the payment to ‘Center for the Collaborative Classroom’ in the warrant report. Our schools should focus on academic excellence, not social engineering. Please provide details on which classrooms are using this material.’
💰 Impact: $1,030.31
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Spends on ‘Everyday Speech’ SEL Video Curriculum
The warrant report shows two payments totaling $1,099.98 to ‘Everyday Speech, LLC.’ This is a video-based Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum that uses screen time to teach students social skills from a therapeutic perspective, replacing academic instruction.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding the payments to ‘Everyday Speech,’ what is the total daily screen time this curriculum adds? Parents deserve to know how much instructional time is being replaced with SEL videos.’
💰 Impact: $1,099.98
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Vague ‘Curriculum Planning’ Item Hidden in Personnel Docs
Consent Agenda Item 10.a, ‘Certificated Personnel Documents,’ references an attachment titled ‘SMHS – 26-27 Curriculum Planning 2.’ The text of this attachment was not provided in the agenda packet, leaving parents in the dark about potential changes to high school curriculum.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘SMHS – 26-27 Curriculum Planning 2’ attached to Item 10.a in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm what curriculum changes are being planned before the vote.
💰 Impact: Undisclosed Curriculum Changes
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