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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for Berkley School District. We found 4 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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Secret Spending and Hiring Hidden in a Single Vote
The board plans to approve a new, undisclosed personnel list and a massive $9.9 million list of payments in a single bundled vote (Consent Agenda items 5.07 & 5.08). The actual documents detailing who is being hired and which vendors are being paid have not been made public. This prevents parents from seeing if the district is hiring ideological consultants or paying for controversial social-emotional learning programs.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the District Office at (248) 837-8004. Demand that items 5.07 and 5.08 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate vote, and that the full personnel list and vendor payment list be posted online for public review *before* the meeting.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $9,891,709.76
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying Against Parental Rights
The minutes being approved (Item 3.01) confirm that on July 13, the board voted to spend $12,783.65 of our tax dollars on memberships for political lobbying groups, including the National School Boards Association (NSBA). This is the same national group that requested a federal investigation into parents who speak out at board meetings. Our district is funding an organization that works against parental rights.
Recommended Action Plan
PUT THEM ON NOTICE: Contact the District Office at (248) 837-8004. Ask why the board is using our tax dollars to fund the NSBA, an organization with a history of hostility towards parents. Demand they commit to ending this membership.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $12,783.65
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Undisclosed School Police Agreement
The board is voting to approve a ‘School Resource Officer Agreement’ (Item 5.06) without making the text of the agreement public. This document dictates the rules for police officers operating in our schools, including their authority to question and interact with students. Parents have a right to review this policy before it is approved.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the District Office at (248) 837-8004 and demand the full text of the School Resource Officer agreement be made public immediately. Ask the board to table the vote on Item 5.06 until parents have had time to review it.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed Policy
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Public Funds Diverted to Private Religious School
The board is approving a ‘Shared Time Partnership’ with Spiritus Sanctus Academy, a private religious school (Item 5.05). This type of agreement diverts public education funds to provide services for private school students. The district has not released the financial terms of the agreement, so parents cannot see the full cost or benefit to our public school students.
Recommended Action Plan
ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS: Contact the District Office at (248) 837-8004. Ask for the full financial details of the ‘Shared Time Agreement’ with Spiritus Sanctus Academy. How much will this cost Berkley taxpayers versus the state aid received?
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed
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