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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Bellows Falls Union High School District #27. We found 4 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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State Mandates Psychological Screening of Students
The District Quality Standards report under Item 7.c reveals a state mandate requiring the district to use ‘surveys or other tools to measure the social-emotional health of students.’ This policy directs the school to conduct psychological surveillance on children, raising critical questions about parental consent and the privacy of your child’s mental health data.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM & DEMAND OPT-IN: This is a state mandate to conduct psychological evaluations of our children. Email the Westminster School Board (contact info on district website) and show up to speak on Item 7.c: ‘We do not consent to the psychological screening of our children. We demand the board establish a clear, opt-in only policy for any survey measuring a student’s social-emotional health, as required by the state’s DQS report.’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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State Standards Mandate ‘Equity Lens’ and ‘Implicit Bias’ Training
The District Quality Standards report (Item 7.c) confirms the state requires the school board to adopt an ‘equity lens,’ implement ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion or recognizing Implicit Bias’ training for members, and use an ‘equitable distribution of resources’ to close ‘equity gaps.’ This embeds a divisive political ideology into the core governance and financial operations of the district, funded by your tax dollars.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND REJECTION: Email the Westminster School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding Item 7.c, we reject the state’s mandate to govern through a political ‘equity lens’ and to spend our tax dollars on ‘Implicit Bias’ training. We demand the board publicly state how it will protect our district from this ideological overreach and focus on academic achievement for all students, not group identity politics.’
💰 Impact: Tax Dollars for Activist Training
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Board to Redefine Education Around ‘Skills and Mindsets’
Under Item 7.a, the board will conduct a ‘Visioning/Futures Protocol’ to brainstorm the ‘skills, character traits, or mindsets’ needed for future graduates. This ‘Portrait of a Learner’ exercise is a common tactic to de-emphasize core academic knowledge in favor of subjective, SEL-focused attributes.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This ‘visioning’ session is where they replace academics with activism. Attend the meeting for Item 7.a and use public comment to say: ‘The vision for our students must be academic excellence in reading, writing, math, and science. We reject replacing proven knowledge with subjective ‘skills and mindsets’.’
💰 Impact: Focus Shift From Academics
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School Conducting ‘Belonging’ Surveys on Students
The principal’s report confirms that ‘student surveys’ are being conducted to gather data on ‘engagement and belonging.’ These are school climate surveys that collect subjective social-emotional data from children, often without clear parental consent or a chance to review the questions.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT & DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Westminster School Board (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding the Principal’s Report, I demand to see the full list of questions on the student surveys for ‘engagement and belonging’ before my child participates. Please provide the specific parental opt-out form for this data collection immediately.’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Data
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