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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. We found 5 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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New ‘Social Emotional Learning’ Bureaucrats Hired with Federal Money
Hidden under ‘Summer Work’ in the personnel section, the board is set to approve stipends for seven teachers to become ‘Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Coordinators.’ Their official job is to implement a ‘new SEL curriculum’ and train other staff on ‘social-emotional, mental health, and behavioral practices.’ This creates a new layer of non-academic staff focused on your child’s emotions and beliefs, paid for with strings-attached federal Title IV dollars and buried in a massive consent agenda vote.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a critical threat hidden in the consent agenda. Email the Board of Education and demand Item 8.G be pulled for a separate discussion and vote. Ask them: ‘What is this new SEL curriculum, who created it, and why are we creating a new SEL bureaucracy instead of focusing on academics?’ Advise members to find board contact information on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $24,500 in stipends (Title IV Grant)
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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5-Year Plan Bakes SEL and Behavioral Surveillance into District Policy
The new 5-year strategic plan (Item 3.A) formally commits the district to implementing ‘Social and Emotional Wellness’ lessons for all students K-12. More concerning, it calls for establishing a ‘District Behavioral Assessment Team (BAT)’ to identify, assess, and respond to students with ‘behavioral, social-emotional, or safety-related concerns.’ This creates a permanent surveillance system to monitor and label children based on subjective emotional and behavioral criteria, bypassing traditional parental involvement.
Recommended Action Plan
CHALLENGE THE PREMISE: Sign up for public comment to address Item 3.A. Ask the board: ‘Who serves on the Behavioral Assessment Team? What are the specific criteria for assessing a student, and what are our parental rights to refuse this assessment for our children?’ Advise members to find board contact information on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Future costs for staff time, training, and consultants to run these programs.
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Hires ‘Behavior Support’ Consultants
The board is approving a contract with an outside vendor called ‘Positive Behavior Support Consulting and Psychological Resources’ (Item 6.F). This type of ‘support’ is a key part of the MTSS framework, which allows the school to create behavioral and psychological intervention plans for students, often without specific, incident-by-incident parental consent. This outsources school discipline and student psychology to an external company whose methods are not transparent.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education to pull Item 6.F from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and roll-call vote. Ask: ‘What is the full scope and cost of this contract? What specific services will this vendor provide, and what are the parental consent requirements before a child is engaged by them?’ Advise members to find board contact information on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed contract amount.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Behavioral Intervention Framework (MTSS) Is Now Being Used in Math Class
The district is spending Title I federal grant money to train math teachers on how to use the ‘Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)’ program (Item 8.I). MTSS is a system that collects data on students to provide targeted interventions, often for behavior. Its expansion into core academics like math blurs the line between teaching arithmetic and psycho-analyzing students, creating a data file on your child that goes far beyond grades.
Recommended Action Plan
ASK QUESTIONS: Email the Board of Education: ‘Regarding Item 8.I, what specific non-academic student data is collected for the MTSS program in math class? Who has access to this data, and how can parents opt their children out of this data collection?’ Advise members to find board contact information on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $6,000 for Professional Development (Title I Grant).
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New Digital Library Could Expose Kids to Biased Articles
The board is approving a contract for ‘CommonLit,’ a digital literacy program for grades 6-8 (Item 11.B). While these platforms can be useful, they are frequently updated with contemporary articles on divisive social and political topics. This agreement gives the district a pipeline for supplemental materials that may not go through a traditional, public textbook review process, making it difficult for parents to know what their children are reading.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND REVIEW RIGHTS: Email the Board of Education: ‘Regarding Item 11.B, what is the district’s policy for parental review of supplemental materials assigned through the CommonLit platform? Will parents have a dashboard to see all assigned readings in real time?’ Advise members to find board contact information on the district website.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed contract amount.
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