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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for San Diego Unified. We found 9 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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$12 Million Agreement with Apple for Classroom Tech
The district plans to approve a $12 million, three-year agreement with Apple for products and software in classrooms. This massive expenditure on screens and devices is being pushed through without any public evidence that these products improve academic outcomes or a clear accounting of how much daily screen time this adds for students.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board (see Official Agenda link for contact info): ‘Before voting on Item I.12, the board must publish independent, non-vendor-funded evidence that these Apple products produce academic gains. Parents also demand to know how many minutes of daily screen time this $12M purchase will add for each grade level, and what direct instruction it will replace.’
💰 Impact: $12,000,000
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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$150k for ‘Equity and Belonging’ Teacher Training
The district’s ‘Equity and Belonging’ department is accepting nearly $150,000 in grants to send 140 teachers to ‘Model Curriculum’ conferences. In California, ‘Model Curriculum’ is often a pipeline for politically-charged, ethnic studies-based lesson plans that replace traditional academics with activism.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email Ebonee Weathers at eweathers@sandi.net and the Board (see Official Agenda link for contact info) regarding Item I.26: ‘Parents demand to review the full curriculum and all training materials from the Model Curriculum conferences before teachers are sent using these grant funds.’
💰 Impact: $149,640 for Teacher Indoctrination
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The board is set to ratify nearly $3.5 million in purchase orders with no itemized list of vendors or materials provided in the agenda packet. This lack of transparency makes it impossible for parents to know if funds are being spent on controversial curricula, consultants, or unproven EdTech.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘August PO Report’ attached to Item I.1 in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains spending on ideological vendors or unproven EdTech before the vote.
💰 Impact: $3,476,867.10
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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School District Creates Regional Housing Authority
A board trustee is presenting an update on the San Diego Regional Housing Finance Authority, a new government body created jointly by the school district to develop affordable housing. This represents a significant expansion of the school district’s mission beyond education, diverting leadership focus and taxpayer-funded resources into housing development.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board (see Official Agenda link for contact info): ‘The district’s mission is to educate children, not to be a regional housing developer. Regarding Item H.1, I demand the board explain how this venture improves student academic achievement and what guardrails protect education funds.’
💰 Impact: Mission Creep
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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$150k Grant for Staff ‘Wellness’ and ‘Well-being’
The district is accepting a $150,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente for a staff ‘Thrive Initiative’ focused on ‘well-being’ and ‘connectedness.’ While framed as supporting teachers, these ‘wellness’ programs often serve as a vehicle to push Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and other ideological training on staff, which then shapes what happens in the classroom.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board (see Official Agenda link for contact info) regarding Item I.25: ‘What specific training materials will be used in the Staff Thrive Initiative? Parents have a right to know if this grant will promote ideological frameworks like SEL or DEI to teachers under the guise of ‘wellness’.’
💰 Impact: $150,000 (Strings Attached)
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The board is approving multiple multi-day field trips, but the agenda packet does not include the list of destinations, costs, or educational purposes. Parents have a right to know where their children are being taken and for what purpose before the board approves the travel.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the files attached to Item I.5 in the Official Agenda (linked above) to review the destinations and purposes of these multi-day field trips before the vote.
💰 Impact: Undisclosed
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| ALERT (LEVEL 2) |
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Board Opens Meeting with Land Acknowledgement
The board will begin its meeting with a formal statement acknowledging the land as Kumeyaay territory, referencing ‘attempted genocide and ongoing impacts of colonization.’ This practice inserts a specific political and historical viewpoint into the official proceedings of the school board.
Recommended Action Plan
Monitor: This is a signal of the board’s priorities. Note the introduction of this political ritual into official business; no immediate action required.
💰 Impact: Ideological Framing
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✅ Wins to Defend
Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.
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| Major Win (LEVEL 7) |
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District Accepts $750k Grant to Expand Early College Program
The district is accepting a $750,000 grant to expand its Early College and dual enrollment programs. This provides more opportunities for high school students to earn real college credits, giving them a head start on higher education and saving families money on future tuition.
How to Lock It In
AMPLIFY THE WIN: Email the Board (see Official Agenda link for contact info) to thank them for securing the grant in Item I.23. Publicly supporting the expansion of advanced academic pathways like dual enrollment encourages the district to prioritize real academic achievement.
✅ Why It Matters: $750,000 Grant
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| Win (LEVEL 5) |
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Parent Council Secures More Financial Transparency
The District Advisory Council (DAC), a parent-led group overseeing federal Title I funds, is reporting its success in increasing financial transparency. The council has successfully pushed the district to create a public ‘Live Budget Link’ for school-site spending and is now working on similar oversight for central office expenditures.
How to Lock It In
SECURE THE WIN: Show up to support the DAC parents presenting Item E.1 and thank the board for this collaboration. This sets a powerful precedent for parent-led financial oversight that can be replicated for other district funds.
✅ Why It Matters: Parent-Led Oversight
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