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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Garfield Public School District. We found 7 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Approves New EdTech Screen Time Pilot
Item 13.14 approves a $68,137 purchase of ‘IXL Learning Inc’ software for a district-wide K-12 pilot program. This introduces a significant amount of new screen time into the classroom, potentially replacing direct instruction from teachers, without public evidence that the software improves academic outcomes.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Before voting on Item 13.14, please publish the independent, non-vendor-supplied evidence that IXL produces academic gains, and state exactly how many minutes of daily screen time this pilot will add for each grade level.’
💰 Impact: $68,137.63
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New ‘Teen Dating Abuse’ Program for High School
Item 13.13 approves an agreement with ‘A Partnership for Change (APFC)’ to implement the ‘PowerBack Teen Dating Abuse Program’ at the high school. These programs, often provided at ‘no cost,’ can be a vehicle for introducing controversial ideologies about gender, consent, and relationships that bypass parental guidance.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding Item 13.13, parents must be able to review the full curriculum for the PowerBack program before it is approved. We must have the right to opt our children out of any content that violates our family’s values.’
💰 Impact: Ideological In-School Activism
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Outside Group to Teach Health Class All Year
Under items 9.7 and 13.5, the district is approving ‘Children’s Aid and Family Services’ to provide instruction inside middle school health classes from November 2026 through June 2027. This gives an external organization direct access to students on sensitive health topics for most of the school year, with no curriculum provided for parental review.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding Items 9.7 and 13.5, I demand that the full curriculum from Children’s Aid and Family Services be made public for parental review before any agreement is approved. What exactly will they be teaching our children in health class?’
💰 Impact: Parental Oversight
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Secret Changes to Middle School Handbook
Item 9.12 approves a ‘Revised 2026-2027 Middle School Parent/Student Handbook,’ but the actual document showing the changes is not attached to the agenda. Handbooks are policy documents that can contain major changes to rules on discipline, gender identity, and parental rights that are approved without public scrutiny.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file for Item 9.12 in the Official Agenda (linked above) to see what changed in the Middle School Handbook. Email the Board: ‘The revised handbook in Item 9.12 must be pulled from the consent agenda and all changes presented publicly before any vote.’
💰 Impact: Hidden Policy Changes
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Board to Vote on Unseen Policy Changes
Item 11.1 lists four policies and regulations for a first and second reading, including ‘Home Instruction’ and ‘Special Education.’ The board is voting to approve these policies without providing the text of the changes to the public, preventing parents from seeing what new rules will govern their children’s education.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the attachments for Item 11.1 in the Official Agenda (linked above) to read the proposed policy changes. Email the Board: ‘Item 11.1 must be tabled until the full text of all policy changes is made easily accessible to the public for review.’
💰 Impact: Reduced Board Oversight
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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SEL-Style ‘Character Education’ Assembly Planned
Item 13.5 #36 approves a ‘character education’ assembly called ‘NEDS Resiliency Ride’ from an outside vendor. ‘Character education’ and ‘resiliency’ are common euphemisms for Social Emotional Learning (SEL), which often replaces academics with subjective social and emotional programming.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding the assembly in Item 13.5, what SEL framework does the NED Show use? Please provide the specific parental opt-out form for this event before it is approved.’
💰 Impact: Classroom SEL Programming
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✅ Wins to Defend
Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.
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| Win (LEVEL 3) |
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District Honors Vets with Designated Parking
Item 9.17 is a resolution to establish designated parking spaces for veterans at district schools. This is a welcome and visible sign of respect for those who have served our country and a great daily reminder for students of service and sacrifice.
How to Lock It In
AMPLIFY THIS WIN: Show up to thank the Board for passing Item 9.17. Publicly praising common-sense, patriotic actions like this encourages more of them and helps build a positive relationship with the board.
✅ Why It Matters: Community Respect
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