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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. We found 6 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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Contract for In-School Child Therapy Services
The board is voting on a contract with ‘Beyond Boundaries: Therapy for Kids’ as part of a bundled consent agenda, hiding it from public discussion. This could establish school-based therapy sessions for students without direct parental involvement or consent for every session. Parents need to know who is providing therapy to their children and what is being discussed.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see official agenda for contact info): ‘I demand Item 13.S, the contract with ‘Beyond Boundaries: Therapy for Kids,’ be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and roll-call vote. Parents have a right to know the details of any in-school therapy contracts.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Parental Consent
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Five-Year Teacher Training Plan Embeds SEL
The district is approving a five-year ‘Professional Learning Plan’ that will guide all teacher training until 2030. The plan explicitly states it is built on a ‘comprehensive framework for social-emotional success,’ a common euphemism for Social Emotional Learning (SEL), which often replaces core academics with subjective, values-based instruction.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This 5-year plan will shape the entire district’s focus. Email the Board of Education (see official agenda for contact info): ‘Vote NO on Item 9.D, the Professional Learning Plan. We want our teachers trained on academic excellence, not social-emotional programming.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Focus on Academics
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Medical Center Contract for ‘Pediatric Services’
A contract amendment with ECMC (Erie County Medical Center) for ‘Pediatric Educational and Diagnostic Services’ is buried in the consent agenda. This could open the door to school-based health or mental health services that operate without full parental knowledge and consent.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: The attachment for Item 13.R was not provided in the online preview. Open the file attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm what ‘pediatric services’ this contract allows on school grounds. Email the Board: ‘What specific services does the ECMC contract cover, and what are the parental consent procedures?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Medical Privacy
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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District-Wide Push for Behavioral Monitoring System
The personnel agenda includes payments for dozens of teachers to receive ‘PBIS/Foundations’ training. PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) is a system that tracks non-academic student behaviors, creating data files on children that parents may never see.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Email the Board of Education (see official agenda for contact info): ‘Regarding the PBIS training in Item 13.C, what data is being collected on student behavior, who has access to it, and how can parents opt their children out of this data collection system?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Data
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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New ‘Dignity Act’ Coordinator Appointed
The board is appointing a new DASA (Dignity for All Students Act) Coordinator. While DASA is an anti-bullying law, these positions are often used to introduce and enforce controversial policies on gender identity, pronouns, and other ideologies without parental input, under the guise of preventing harassment.
Recommended Action Plan
PUT THEM ON NOTICE: Email the Board of Education (see official agenda for contact info): ‘Regarding the new DASA Coordinator in Item 13.I, we expect the district to focus on bullying, not gender ideology. We demand that parents be notified and consent before any student is put on a ‘gender support plan’ or their pronouns are changed at school.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Parental Authority
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| ALERT (LEVEL 2) |
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Public Comment Rules Limit Parent Voice
The agenda explicitly states that public comments are ‘1-way communication.’ This policy is designed to prevent any dialogue or answers from the board, reducing parents to speaking into a void and limiting the board’s accountability to the public they serve.
Recommended Action Plan
Monitor: This policy limits engagement. Use your 3 minutes of public comment to ask direct questions that put the board on the record, even if they don’t answer live. Follow up with emails.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Board Accountability
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