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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Tukwila School District. We found 8 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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Superintendent Goals Prioritize Racial Discipline Quotas
The Board is set to approve the Superintendent’s goals (Item 11.A), which include a mandate to ‘Reduce racial disproportionality in discipline, with a particular focus on Black/African American scholars.’ This pressures schools to manage discipline based on student race, not student behavior, and promotes ideological systems like ‘restorative practices’ and ‘MTSS’.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: The Board is voting on Item 11.A, which sets the Superintendent’s goals for the year. Email the Board of Directors (contact info on the district website) and sign up for public comment: ‘Discipline should be based on behavior, not race. Vote NO on any goal that requires managing discipline to achieve a racial quota. Focus on safety and academics for all students.’
💰 Impact: Unequal Discipline
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Relies on “i-Ready” EdTech for Student Assessment
The Strategic Plan report (Item 10.E) is based entirely on data from the “i-Ready” software, a student-facing diagnostic and instructional tool. While the district presents this data, it provides no independent evidence that this screen-based program is more effective than direct teacher instruction or what the daily screen time burden is for students.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Directors (contact info on the district website): ‘Regarding the i-Ready report (Item 10.E), before the district continues to use this software, please publish independent, non-vendor-funded evidence of its academic effectiveness and a clear accounting of the daily screen time it adds for each grade level.’
💰 Impact: Student Screen Time
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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High School Report Sets Race-Based Goals for Advanced Courses
The Senior Report for Foster High School (Item 10.A) includes a goal to increase participation in AP, Honors, and other advanced programs for ‘Hispanic/Latino students by 5% annually.’ This sets academic targets based on a student’s race, not their individual readiness or merit.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Directors (contact info on the district website): ‘The goal in the Senior Report (Item 10.A) to increase advanced course placement for one specific ethnic group is discriminatory. Access to advanced academics should be based on individual merit and achievement, not race.’
💰 Impact: Race-Based Quotas
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The board is set to approve over $4.2 million in spending (Item 7.D) via the consent agenda, which bundles it for a single vote with no discussion. The detailed payment registers are attached to the official agenda but were not extracted, making it impossible to see which vendors are being paid.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the files attached to Item 7.D in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm which vendors are being paid before the vote. Email the Board of Directors (contact info on the district website) and demand this item be pulled from the consent agenda for a public discussion on these expenditures.
💰 Impact: $4,251,341.40
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Policy Change Removes “Citizen” from Advisory Committees
Under Item 8.D, the board is reviewing a change to Policy 4110 that removes the word ‘citizen’ from the title of advisory committees. The stated goal is to ‘remove barriers,’ but this could dilute the influence of local parents and taxpayers by allowing non-citizens to serve on official district committees.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Directors (contact info on the district website): ‘Regarding Item 8.D, Policy 4110, who should be advising our schools if not the citizens of this community? Please vote NO on removing the term ‘citizen’ from advisory committees.’
💰 Impact: Diluted Parent Voice
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The Board is voting to approve Policy 5000, ‘Recruitment and Selection of Staff,’ under Item 11.B. The text of the policy was not provided, so it’s impossible to know if it includes mandates for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in hiring.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file for Policy 5000 attached to Item 11.B in the Official Agenda (linked above) to check for DEI, anti-racism, or equity language in hiring practices before the vote.
💰 Impact: DEI Hiring Mandates
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Board Opens Meeting with Divisive ‘Labor Acknowledgement’
The meeting will open with a ‘Land and Labor Acknowledgement’ (Item 1.E) that claims ‘systemic injustice falls upon the labor of black and brown bodies’ and pledges to work against ‘inequities.’ This frames the district’s work through a divisive, race-based lens before any business is conducted.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Directors (contact info on the district website): ‘Item 1.E’s Land and Labor Acknowledgement injects divisive political statements into a public meeting. The Board’s focus should be on academic excellence for all students, not on reciting ideological scripts about systemic injustice.’
💰 Impact: Divisive Ideology
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The board is reviewing a lease agreement under item 8.B, but no details or attachments are provided. Parents need to know what district property is being leased and for what purpose.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) for Item 8.B to confirm the details of this lease agreement before the meeting.
💰 Impact: Undisclosed Property Use
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