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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for TEMPLE ISD. We found 3 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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Repurposing School Counselors for Unknown Duties
Under the banner of an ‘Innovation Plan,’ the Board is voting on a new policy (DPB) that exempts school counselors from the state law requiring them to spend 80% of their time on counseling duties. This frees them up for other tasks, but the district has not specified what those tasks will be. This could divert counselors from providing academic and career guidance to implementing data collection, SEL programs, or other administrative functions that don’t directly serve students.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND ANSWERS: Contact the Temple ISD Board. Ask them to pull Policy DPB from the agenda until they provide a written, public explanation of what duties counselors will be performing instead of counseling. ‘We demand that counselors focus on academic guidance, not be repurposed for administrative or ideological programs.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Loss of student access to traditional counseling services.
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Replacing Discipline with Social Engineering
The proposed 2026-2027 Student Code of Conduct officially adds ‘Restorative Practices,’ ‘Trauma-Informed Care,’ and ‘Classroom circles’ to its list of discipline techniques. These are therapeutic interventions that often replace real consequences for misbehavior. This approach can undermine teacher authority, compromise classroom safety, and teach children that their feelings excuse their actions, shifting the school’s focus from education to psychological management.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the Temple ISD Board and ask: ‘Regarding the Student Code of Conduct, what specific training will staff receive on Restorative Practices? Will parents be notified when these therapeutic techniques are used on their child instead of traditional discipline? We demand clear consequences, not social experiments.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undermining classroom discipline and safety.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Building a Mental Health Surveillance System
The new Parent and Student Handbooks create a formal process for school staff to identify students with ‘early warning signs’ of mental health issues and refer them for ‘intervention.’ This system positions teachers and administrators as mental health screeners, which could lead to subjective labeling of students and interventions being initiated without explicit, case-by-case parental consent. It makes the school, not the parent, the primary monitor of a child’s emotional state.
Recommended Action Plan
ASSERT YOUR RIGHTS: Contact the Temple ISD Board: ‘Regarding the mental health policies in the new handbooks, I do not consent to my child being screened or evaluated for ‘early warning signs’ without my express written permission for each specific instance. Please clarify the opt-out process for this surveillance.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Loss of parental oversight on child’s mental health.
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