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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for Gavin SD 37. We found 5 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Approves Student Data-Mining Contract with Panorama Education
Hidden in the ‘Summary of Bills over $2,500’ on the consent agenda is a payment of $13,865 to Panorama Education Inc. for their ‘Student Success Platform.’ This purchase is funded by a federal Title IV grant. Panorama is a major national vendor that specializes in collecting sensitive social-emotional data on students through surveys and data dashboards, creating detailed psychological profiles without direct, transparent parental consent. This platform is a tool for student surveillance and social engineering, shifting focus from academics to subjective emotional metrics.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a critical threat. Email the Board of Education (contact info on district website) and attend the meeting on July 30th. Demand that the ‘Summary of Bills over $2,500’ be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and vote, specifically regarding the Panorama Education contract. Ask ‘We do not consent to psychological data-mining of our children. Vote NO on the Panorama contract.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: The $13,865 contract opens the door to invasive data collection on your child’s attitudes, beliefs, and emotions, which can be used to justify ideological interventions in the classroom.
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Spends Over $8,000 on ‘Leader in Me’ SEL Program
The district is paying Franklin Covey Client Sales, Inc. $8,314.50 for ‘LiM PD and Membership.’ ‘LiM’ stands for ‘Leader in Me,’ a well-known Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program. While marketed as leadership training based on ‘The 7 Habits,’ it is a comprehensive SEL curriculum designed to shape student attitudes, values, and behaviors, which is not the role of a public school. This diverts time and resources from core academic subjects like reading, writing, and math.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link) and ask the Board to publicly explain how the ‘Leader in Me’ program improves academic outcomes. Request to see the full curriculum and training materials before it is implemented. This item should be pulled from the consent agenda for public discussion.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: An $8,314.50 expenditure on a program that replaces traditional character education with therapeutic and behavior-shaping techniques.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Uses Federal Grants for Potential Teacher Screening Tool
The district is paying Humanex Ventures $21,700, with $14,283 funded by federal Title I and II grants, for ‘Application Tracking and Absence & Substitute Software.’ Humanex is known for using personality and dispositional assessments to screen teacher applicants. This can be a backdoor method to filter out candidates who do not align with a specific ideology, rather than hiring based on merit and qualifications.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link) and ask: ‘What specific criteria and questions does the Humanex Ventures platform use to screen teacher applicants? We demand assurance that hiring is based on qualifications, not political or social viewpoints.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Using $21,700 of local and federal money on a system that may prioritize ideological conformity over teaching excellence in the hiring process.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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District Pays for Student ‘Outcome’ Data Measurement Platform
A payment of $16,564 is scheduled for ECRA Group Incorporated for an ‘Annual Service to Measure and Improve Student Outcome Platform.’ These data dashboard systems often go beyond tracking grades and attendance to include subjective behavioral and ‘equity’ metrics, creating a system of social surveillance on students. Parents need to know exactly what is being measured.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link) and ask: ‘Regarding the ECRA Group platform, what specific student data points will be collected? Who will have access to this data, and will it be shared with any third parties? Please provide the parental opt-out form for this data collection before the contract is approved.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: A $16,564 platform that could be used to collect non-academic data on your child without your knowledge.
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| 👀 MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The agenda references several payment lists under the Consent Agenda, including ‘Board – General AC Payments by Vendor’ and ‘Board – Imprest AC Payments by Vendor,’ but the actual documents were not available for analysis. These lists could contain additional payments to ideological consultants or for controversial subscriptions that are too small to appear on the ‘over $2,500’ list.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the files attached in the Official Agenda (linked above), specifically ‘Board – General AC Payments by Vendor 7-26 (1)’ and ‘Board – Imprest AC Payments by Vendor 7-26’, to confirm whether they contain sensitive vendor payments.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Unknown. Controversial spending could be hidden in these un-extracted attachments.
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