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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Sulphur Springs Union. We found 7 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Spending $1.77M on ‘Expanded Learning’ Program
Under Consent Item VII.G, the board is approving a contract amendment with ‘Camp Sunshine, Inc’ for an ‘Expanded Learning Opportunity Program,’ increasing the total cost to $1,775,000. Parents have a right to know what curriculum and social-emotional programming this vendor will be using with their children in this after-school setting.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board (contact info on the district website): ‘I demand Consent Item VII.G be pulled for a separate discussion and vote. Before approving a $1.77M contract, the Board must present the full curriculum and staff training materials from Camp Sunshine, Inc. for public review.’
💰 Impact: $1,775,000
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Confirms ‘Chronic Absenteeism’ Tracking and Home Visits
A presentation on the California School Dashboard (Item VIII.A) confirms the district is targeting ‘Chronic Absenteeism.’ The district’s official strategy to address this includes ‘Social Worker home visits and family outreach,’ extending school surveillance directly into the family home.
Recommended Action Plan
During public comment for Item VIII.A, ask the Board: ‘What specific policy authorizes district staff to conduct home visits for attendance issues? Please provide the written parental notification and refusal rights for these visits.’
💰 Impact: Your Family’s Privacy
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Staff Training on Student Data-Mining and Intervention System
Hidden in the Conference Action Report (Consent Item VII.C) is over $5,200 for three staff members to attend an ‘RTI at Work™ Institute.’ This training focuses on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), a framework often used to create extensive data profiles on students to apply behavioral and academic interventions, sometimes without full parental knowledge or consent.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board (contact info on the district website): ‘Pull the Conference Action Report, Item VII.C, from the consent agenda. The Board must explain what student data is collected under its MTSS framework and what specific rights parents have to opt their children out of this data collection and intervention system.’
💰 Impact: $5,293.08
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Vague Business Report Hides Questionable Vendor Spending
Buried in the Business Services Report (Item IX.D), the district’s purchase order list includes contracts with questionable vendors. These include $9,750 for ‘Equine Services’ with ‘SRD Straightening Reins Foundation’ and $15,600 for ‘Professional Development’ with ‘Collective Commitment, Inc.’, a vendor with an ideologically suggestive name.
Recommended Action Plan
Address the Board during public comment on Item IX.D: ‘Before approving the Business Services Report, please explain the services provided by SRD Straightening Reins Foundation and Collective Commitment, Inc. and provide their contracts for public review.’
💰 Impact: $25,350+
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The agenda includes a new Memorandum of Understanding with the teachers’ union (Item VII.H) that ‘swaps administrator time with teachers’ professional responsibility time,’ but the document itself was not included in the public packet. Parents need to know what this new, undefined teacher time will be used for, such as ideological training or curriculum development.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file for Item VII.H attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm what this new teacher time will be used for before the vote.
💰 Impact: Undisclosed
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The agenda lists a ‘Personnel Action Report #26-18’ on the Consent Calendar (Item VII.F), but the actual report detailing new hires, transfers, and resignations was not provided in the board packet materials. This report could contain the hiring of staff for ideological roles (e.g., DEI or SEL coordinators) without public scrutiny.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file for Item VII.F attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains any new hires for ideological or activist roles.
💰 Impact: Undisclosed
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✅ Wins to Defend
Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.
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| Win (LEVEL 2) |
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Parent Appointed to Special Education Advisory Committee
The board is re-appointing a parent representative to the SCV SELPA Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for a two-year term. This action ensures a parent voice is maintained in an official advisory capacity for special education programs and services in the district.
How to Lock It In
Show up to thank the Board during public comment for Item IX.A. Acknowledge their support for parent representation on this important committee and welcome the appointed parent. This reinforces a positive standard.
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