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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Arvin Union. We found 5 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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National Guard to Teach ‘Social-Emotional Learning’ in Schools
The district is signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the California National Guard’s Counterdrug Task Force to provide ‘social-emotional learning, resilience, [and] communication skills’ support. This uses a trusted, uniformed military organization as a vehicle to introduce controversial SEL programming into the classroom, bypassing parental scrutiny.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is unacceptable. Email the Board (contact info on district website): ‘Vote NO on Item 35.3. The National Guard’s job is not to teach our children subjective social-emotional theories. We demand a focus on core academics, not ideological programming delivered in uniform.’
💰 Impact: Academics Replaced with SEL
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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‘Community Schools’ Program Brings Home Visits, Health Navigator
The district is expanding its ‘Community Schools’ program, which includes ‘Parent Teacher Home Visits,’ and is hiring a ‘Social Worker’ and a ‘Community Health Navigator’ on the consent agenda. While framed as support, these programs can create a surveillance system and a pathway for the school to provide health and social services to children without full parental consent or involvement.
Recommended Action Plan
ASK FIRST: Email the Board (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding Item 14.1 and the personnel in Consent Items 32.2.1 and 32.2.2, what is the district’s policy for parental consent before a home visit is scheduled? What specific services will the Community Health Navigator and Social Worker provide to students, and what is the parental notification and consent process for these services?’
💰 Impact: Parental Authority
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Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying via CSBA Conference & Delegate
The Board is spending taxpayer money to send members to the California School Boards Association (CSBA) conference and is nominating a delegate to the organization. CSBA is a political lobbying group that often advocates for policies that undermine parental rights and local control.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY: Email the Board (contact info on district website): ‘Regarding Items 35.2 and 37, parents object to our tax dollars funding CSBA, a lobbying group that works against our rights. We request that the nominated delegate publicly commit to voting in line with parental rights, and that the board report back on all legislative positions CSBA took at this conference.’
💰 Impact: Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
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District Formalizes ‘Equity’ as Official Stance
The board opens its meetings by formally reading an ‘Equity Statement.’ This signals that ‘equity,’ not equality, is a guiding principle for the district’s decisions, often leading to policies that replace academic focus with social engineering.
Recommended Action Plan
Monitor: This is a low-level indicator. Track how the district defines and applies ‘equity’ in future policies and curriculum decisions.
💰 Impact: Focus on Academics
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✅ Wins to Defend
Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.
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WIN: New Policy Cites Ruling Against Deceiving Parents on Gender
The Board is adopting a new Parent Rights and Responsibilities policy (BP/AR 5020) that explicitly cites the ‘Mirabelli v. Bonta’ court decision. This ruling prohibits school staff from lying to parents about a student’s gender identity or using different names/pronouns at school than they do with parents when the parent objects.
How to Lock It In
SECURE THE WIN: Show up to thank the Board for adopting a policy that respects parental rights and prohibits deception. Get this on the record so it can’t be quietly reversed and use this policy as a model for neighboring districts. Email the Board: ‘Thank you for approving Item 35.1, BP/AR 5020, and codifying the principle that parents have a right to be told the truth about their own children.’
✅ Why It Matters: Strengthened Parental Rights
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