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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT 917. We found 6 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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Undisclosed “Culture Guide” Up for Approval
The board is scheduled to approve a “917 Culture Guide,” a “Guardian/Caregiver Handbook,” and a “Secondary Handbook” under item XV. The district has not made these foundational documents public, preventing parents from reviewing what new cultural or behavioral rules their children will be subjected to.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a critical transparency failure. Email the entire School Board (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘I demand Item XV be tabled until the full text of the Culture Guide and all Handbooks are posted publicly for parental review. We will not accept a vote on secret rules for our children.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: No Parental Review
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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Discipline Policy Replaces Punishment with SEL & Mental Health Screening
The board is reaffirming Policy 506, which embeds ‘Social and Emotional Learning’ and ‘mental health services’ directly into student discipline. The policy pushes for ‘nonexclusionary’ practices over traditional discipline and explicitly suggests a ‘mental health screening’ for students suspended for more than 10 days, pressuring parents to accept therapeutic interventions.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the School Board (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Policy 506 turns discipline into diagnosis. I demand you revise the policy to remove language that pressures parents into mental health screenings and codifies SEL as a substitute for accountability. Parents must have the right to opt-out of all SEL-based discipline.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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District Hires New Social-Emotional Learning Director
The personnel report confirms the hiring of a new ‘Director of Social Emotional Learning and Support.’ This is a cabinet-level position dedicated to implementing SEL programming across the district, entrenching a non-academic, therapeutic agenda at the highest level of administration.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY: Email Superintendent Dr. Michael Favor (see Official Agenda link for contact): ‘What is the total cost, including salary and benefits, for the new Director of SEL? I demand that taxpayer money be spent on academic instruction, not on building an ideological bureaucracy.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: SEL Bureaucracy
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Over $25,000 in SEL Vendor Payments Hidden in Bill Approvals
The payment register, likely part of the consent agenda, includes $18,719 to ‘Everyday Speech LLC’ and $6,688 to ‘Rethink, Inc.’ Both are known vendors for Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum and student behavior tracking platforms. This spending bypasses public discussion by bundling it with routine bill payments.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the School Board (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘I demand the payments to Everyday Speech and Rethink, Inc. in Item VI.A be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and roll-call vote. Parents deserve to know what SEL curriculum is being purchased with our tax dollars.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $25,407.98
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Funds “Early Childhood Mental Health Program”
Under Item XIV, the district is approving an agreement to staff an ‘early childhood mental health program.’ This expands the school’s role from education to mental health provider for the district’s youngest and most vulnerable students, a significant overreach into a parental domain.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND ANSWERS: Email the School Board (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding Item XIV, what are the specific services provided in the early childhood mental health program, and what is the parental consent and opt-out process? The school’s role is education, not therapy for preschoolers.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: School-based Therapy for Young Children
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Over $53,000 in Vague Consulting Payments Require Investigation
The payment register includes large, unexplained payments to vendors with suggestive names: $51,166.50 to ‘Building Wings LLC’ and $2,250 to ‘Regina Maendler, Heart & Science.’ These payments lack description and could be for ideological consulting like DEI or SEL training.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Email Finance Director Mark Johns (see Official Agenda link for contact): ‘Regarding payments to Building Wings LLC and Regina Maendler, Heart & Science, what specific services are being provided to the district? Please provide a copy of these contracts before the board votes.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $53,416.50
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