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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for College Elementary. We found 5 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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Contract for Student Counseling Services Kept From Public
The board is set to renew a contract with ‘Santa Ynez People Helping People’ to provide counseling to students on campus. The district has not made the contract public, leaving parents in the dark about what services are provided, what data is collected, and whether parental consent is required for all counseling sessions.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes. Email the Board (contact info on district website): ‘Postpone the vote on Item 9.B. Parents have a right to review the full contract with Santa Ynez People Helping People before you approve on-campus counseling for our children.’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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Vague ‘Support’ Vendor Contract Up for Renewal
The board is voting to renew a contract with a vaguely named vendor, ‘Open Door Support,’ for ‘lessons offerings.’ The actual contract is not attached to the agenda, so parents have no way of knowing what these ‘lessons’ are, who is teaching them, or what ideology they might contain.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes. Email the Board (contact info on district website): ‘Table the vote on Item 9.F until the full contract and lesson materials from ‘Open Door Support’ are made public for parental review. We will not approve blank checks for unknown curriculum.’
💰 Impact: Undisclosed
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Pays Known Social-Emotional Learning Vendor
The district is paying $1,599.50 to ‘Committee for Children,’ the publisher of the controversial ‘Second Step’ Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum. This payment, hidden in the consent agenda’s check register, funds programs that can replace core academics with psychological programming and value-setting that belongs in the home.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board (contact info on district website): ‘I demand Consent Item 7.C be pulled for a separate discussion and vote. Why is the district paying ‘Committee for Children,’ the publisher of Second Step SEL curriculum, and in which classrooms is this being used?’
💰 Impact: $1,599.50
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New Bylaws Limit Board Oversight and Public Input
Proposed Bylaws 9200 and 9322, bundled in the consent agenda, would prevent individual board members from investigating parent concerns directly and give the Board President and Superintendent power to deny requests to add items to the agenda. This move centralizes control, silences dissenting board members, and makes it harder for parents’ issues to get a public hearing.
Recommended Action Plan
PROTECT YOUR VOICE: Email the Board (contact info on district website): ‘Vote NO on Consent Item 7.E, specifically Bylaws 9200 and 9322. These changes reduce transparency and make the board less responsive to parents. Every board member should have the power to represent their constituents.’
💰 Impact: Reduced Board Oversight
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Spends on Student Screen Time Software
The district paid $4,290 to Curriculum Associates, the vendor for the i-Ready software. This purchase, buried in the consent agenda, increases student screen time, but the district has not provided evidence that this software improves academic outcomes more than direct teacher instruction.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND EVIDENCE: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link): ‘Regarding the $4,290 payment to Curriculum Associates under Item 7.C, please provide the independent, non-vendor-funded evidence showing i-Ready produces academic gains, and state how much daily screen time this adds for students before the Board approves this payment.’
💰 Impact: $4,290
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