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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Rochester Public School District. We found 6 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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Adopting Strategic Plan to Hardwire SEL and DEI District-Wide
The ‘RPS 2030 Strategic Plan’ (Item 7.1) is a blueprint for making social-emotional and ideological programming the district’s central focus. It explicitly adopts the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) framework to teach ‘mindsets and behaviors’ like ‘Emotion regulation’ and ‘Cultural awareness.’ The entire plan is built on MTSS, a data-collection system used to track and modify student attitudes and beliefs, shifting the focus from academics to social engineering.
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PACK THE ROOM: This is not a strategic plan; it’s a social engineering project that puts feelings before facts. Email the School Board and Superintendent (see district website for contacts): ‘Vote NO on Item 7.1. Parents demand a focus on academic excellence, not a multi-year plan to re-engineer our children’s mindsets and behaviors.’
💰 Impact: Replacing Academics
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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District Pays to Digitally Surveil Students
Also hidden in the bills under Item 5.1 are payments to Gaggle.net ($1,111) and Navigate360 ($6,562.50), companies that specialize in digital surveillance of children. Gaggle scans student emails and documents for keywords, while Navigate360 builds ‘wellness’ and ‘threat’ profiles on students. This creates a system of digital monitoring that operates behind parents’ backs.
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PROTECT STUDENT PRIVACY: Email the School Board (see district website for contacts): ‘Regarding the payments in Item 5.1, I demand the district terminate contracts with Gaggle.net and Navigate360. We do not consent to our children’s private communications and data being monitored by third-party surveillance companies.’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Over $390,000 in Unproven EdTech Software Hidden in Bills
Buried in the Consent Agenda’s monthly bills (Item 5.1), the district is paying over $390,000 for screen-based software, including $128,047 to Curriculum Associates (i-Ready) and over $250,000 to Renaissance Learning. The district has provided no independent, non-vendor-funded evidence that these programs produce academic gains. Parents have a right to know how much instructional time with a teacher is being replaced by a computer program.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND PROOF: Email the School Board (see district website for contacts): ‘Pull the vendor payments in Consent Item 5.1 for a separate vote. Before approving over $390,000 for EdTech like i-Ready and Renaissance, the Board must publish independent proof of their effectiveness and the total daily screen time they add per student.’
💰 Impact: Over $390,000
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District Hides Public Comment from Public Record
Under item 3, the district states that the ‘Comments to the Board’ portion of meetings ‘are not live streamed or recorded for viewing.’ This practice intentionally reduces transparency and prevents busy parents who cannot attend in person from hearing community concerns. It ensures that challenging comments from parents never become part of the permanent public record.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the School Board (see district website for contacts): ‘Regarding Item 3, I demand that all public comments be live-streamed and recorded as part of the official meeting video. Intentionally omitting public comment from the record is an unacceptable violation of transparency.’
💰 Impact: Reduced Transparency
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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$12,000 Payment to DEI Consultant
The monthly bills in Item 5.1 include a $12,000 payment to Elocina LLC, a firm run by a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) consultant. This is taxpayer money being spent on ideological training that often promotes divisive concepts and distracts from core academics like reading, writing, and math.
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QUESTION SPENDING: Email the School Board (see district website for contacts): ‘Regarding Item 5.1, what specific services did the $12,000 payment to DEI consultant Elocina LLC cover, and how does this spending improve student achievement in core academic subjects?’
💰 Impact: $12,000
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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District Hires In-School ‘Mental Health Practitioner’
Under Human Resources Actions (Item 5.7), the district is hiring a ‘Mental Health Practitioner.’ This expands the school’s role as a mental health provider, creating situations where students can receive counseling or psychological interventions without parents being present or giving full, informed consent for each session.
Recommended Action Plan
ASSERT YOUR RIGHTS: Email the School Board (see district website for contacts): ‘Regarding the new hire in Item 5.7, what is the district’s policy for obtaining active, written parental consent before any non-academic psychological screening or counseling is provided to a student? We must be partners, not patients.’
💰 Impact: Bypassing Parental Consent
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