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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Cleveland Municipal. We found 7 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Paying Staff Extra to Push SEL
Buried in an ‘Additional Compensation’ exhibit (11.04), the district is paying stipends of $3,150 each to dozens of staff members to act as ‘Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Building Coordinators.’ This reveals a widespread, formal push to embed SEL ideology in our schools, creating a parallel curriculum focused on student attitudes and beliefs instead of core academics.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email Superintendent Warren Morgan II at warren.morgan@clevelandmetroschools.org: ‘I demand Consent Item 11.04 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and roll-call vote. Parents deserve to know why the district is spending over $150,000 on stipends for SEL coordinators instead of focusing on academics.’
💰 Impact: Over $150,000
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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$603k Contract for License Plate Readers
The district plans to spend $603,000 on a service agreement with Flock Safety for license plate readers on school properties. This is a massive expansion of surveillance technology that tracks the movement of families and community members, and parents deserve to know how this data is stored, who it’s shared with, and for how long.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email Superintendent Warren Morgan II at warren.morgan@clevelandmetroschools.org: ‘I demand Consent Item 10.02 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and roll-call vote. Parents have a right to know the full details of the Flock Safety surveillance contract before you spend $603,000 tracking our community.’
💰 Impact: $603,000.00
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Board to Rubber-Stamp $1M+ in Back-Payments
The Board is being asked to approve over $1 million in payments for services already rendered, including massive contracts with consultants like TNTP ($703k total) and Attuned Education Partners ($355k). This ‘pay after the fact’ process under Item 7.03 bypasses normal budget oversight and prevents parents from questioning large consultant contracts before the money is spent.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email Superintendent Warren Morgan II at warren.morgan@clevelandmetroschools.org: ‘I demand Consent Item 7.03 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and roll-call vote. The public deserves an explanation for why over $1 million in spending bypassed the standard approval process.’
💰 Impact: Bypassed Budget Oversight
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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District Joins Lawsuit to Fund Mental Health Services
The Board is voting to join a massive federal lawsuit against social media companies, citing the need to cover costs for in-school ‘counseling, mental-health services, and behavioral interventions.’ While holding Big Tech accountable is one thing, this lawsuit aims to secure funds that could expand school-based mental health services that often operate outside of parental oversight.
Recommended Action Plan
ASK QUESTIONS: Call Board President Sara Elaqad at (216) 838-0000: ‘Regarding Item 12.02, what specific parental consent and notification policies will govern any mental health services expanded with funds from this lawsuit? We must protect parental rights.’
💰 Impact: Expanding School-Based Clinics
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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$5.9M Grant with Student Data Strings Attached
The district is accepting a nearly $6 million state grant for preschool programs. This funding, under Item 7.02, requires the district to use state data systems like ‘KinderConnect’ and the ‘Ohio Benefits’ system to track student attendance and eligibility, adding another layer of data collection on our youngest students.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Email Superintendent Warren Morgan II at warren.morgan@clevelandmetroschools.org: ‘Regarding the grant in Item 7.02, who owns the student data collected by KinderConnect and the Ohio Benefits system? Please provide the specific parental opt-out form before this is voted on.’
💰 Impact: $5.9M (State Strings Attached)
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The board is approving its annual performance report to the state under Item 13.01, but the actual report document was not included in the agenda packet. This report details the district’s performance and goal attainment, and parents must see it before it’s sent to Columbus.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘Cleveland Plan 2026SY Eval Report for Board 20261023.pdf’ attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm the district’s reported performance data before the vote.
💰 Impact: Undisclosed Performance Data
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| ALERT (LEVEL 3) |
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Board Appoints Delegate to State Lobbying Group
The Board is appointing a member to the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA), a group that lobbies the state legislature on education policy. This means our district’s name and resources could be used to support or oppose parental rights bills without direct input from parents.
Recommended Action Plan
Monitor: Track the legislative positions taken by the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA) to ensure they align with parental rights. No immediate action required.
💰 Impact: Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
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