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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for Shakopee Public School District. We found 7 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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Secret Policy Changes on the Agenda
| 📅 First Reading July 27, 2026 |
Item 12.1 is a ‘First Reading of Policies’ with the vague description ‘Policy updates.’ The district has not attached the proposed policy text to the public agenda. This is a severe transparency violation. They are asking the board to consider policies that parents are not allowed to see beforehand. This is how radical changes to gender policy, curriculum, and parental rights are snuck into the rulebook without public scrutiny.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: Sign up for public comment. Email the School Board and Superintendent immediately: ‘Item 12.1, Policy Updates, must be tabled until the full text of all proposed policy changes are posted publicly for parental review. We will not accept secret policy-making. What are you hiding?’ Advise members to verify contact details on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your right to review policy before it’s passed.
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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Rubber-Stamping Unseen Student Handbooks
| 📅 Vote Scheduled July 27, 2026 |
The board is scheduled to approve the 2026-27 School Handbooks (Item 13.1), but the actual handbooks have not been attached to the agenda for parents to review. These documents contain critical policies on student discipline, pronoun usage, and technology rules. Approving them sight-unseen is a dereliction of duty and a violation of parental trust.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the School Board and Superintendent: ‘Item 13.1, Handbook Approval, must be tabled. Parents demand at least a 30-day public review period for all student handbooks before they are approved. Post the full text of the proposed handbooks online immediately.’ Advise members to verify contact details on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: New rules affecting your child that you haven’t been allowed to read.
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Silencing Parents at Board Meetings
| 📅 Policy in effect July 27, 2026 |
The district’s public comment policy (Item 5.0) limits the entire public comment period to a total of 15 minutes, with each speaker getting only 2.5 minutes. This is a deliberate tactic to prevent parents from speaking out on controversial issues, ensuring the board doesn’t have to face public accountability for its decisions.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND YOUR RIGHT TO SPEAK: Email the School Board and Superintendent. ‘Policy 206, which limits public comment to a total of 15 minutes, is an unacceptable restriction on parental rights. We demand this policy be revised to allow for meaningful public input at every meeting.’ Advise members to verify contact details on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your voice.
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Approves $358,965 Contract for Student Data Platform
| 📅 Vote Scheduled July 27, 2026 |
A payment of $358,965 to Instructure, Inc. is hidden in the bill register (Item 6.3). Instructure runs the Canvas learning platform, which not only delivers digital curriculum directly to students but also collects vast amounts of data on their academic performance, online behavior, and engagement. This creates a digital dossier on your child and allows for the delivery of supplemental materials that parents may never see.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Email the School Board. ‘Regarding the $358,965 payment to Instructure, Inc., what specific student data is being collected and who owns it? I demand to know the district’s data privacy and sharing agreement with this vendor before this payment is approved.’ Advise members to verify contact details on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $358,965 for a student data collection and curriculum delivery system.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Over $180,000 in Controversial Curriculum Purchases Hidden in Bill Payments
| 📅 Vote Scheduled July 27, 2026 |
Buried deep in the bill payments (Item 6.3), the district is paying $143,098 to Cengage Learning and nearly $39,000 to Great Minds PBC. Both vendors are known for producing curriculum that can include politically charged and age-inappropriate content. These major academic decisions are being passed without any public discussion by hiding them in the consent agenda’s bill register.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the School Board. ‘I demand Item 6.3 be pulled from the consent agenda. The payments to Cengage and Great Minds must be publicly discussed. Which specific curriculum materials are being purchased, and have they been made available for full parental review?’ Advise members to verify contact details on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $182,092 for potentially ideological classroom materials.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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District Hires Two ‘Program Specialists’ for Vague ‘Saber Connection’ Program
| 📅 Vote Scheduled July 27, 2026 |
Under the consent agenda (Item 6.1), the district is hiring two ‘Saber Connection Program Specialists’ for a combined salary of $140,000. The agenda provides no description of what this ‘district-wide’ program is. Vague titles like this are often used for programs focused on Social Emotional Learning (SEL), equity initiatives, or student data collection, rather than academics.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the School Board. ‘Regarding the two Saber Connection Program Specialist positions in Item 6.1, I demand a full public explanation of this program’s goals, curriculum, and cost before it is approved. What is Saber Connection and why does it require $140,000 in new staff?’ Advise members to verify contact details on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $140,000 for an undefined program.
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| 👀 MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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New School Social Worker Hired Under Consent Agenda
| 📅 Vote Scheduled July 27, 2026 |
The board is approving the hiring of a new School Social Worker for West Middle School at a salary of $102,181 (Item 6.1). While support staff can be helpful, this role is often used to implement Social Emotional Learning (SEL), mental health screenings, and other ‘whole child’ initiatives that can occur without full parental knowledge or consent. This position was bundled into a ‘consent agenda’ vote, preventing public discussion.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the School Board. ‘I demand Item 6.1 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion. What are the specific duties of the new School Social Worker, and what training will they receive regarding SEL, student surveys, and parental notification policies?’ Advise members to verify contact details on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $102,181 salary for a potential in-school activist.
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