Alliance Defending Freedom
Local Alert
📅 Tuesday, November 10, 2026 to Calendar
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We reviewed the upcoming agenda for Littleton Elementary District (4278) and identified 1 items with potential legal exposure ahead of the vote.
HIGH VIABILITY (LEVEL 7)
Adoption of Monitoring Calendar Including Staff Survey
📅 November 10, 2026
The Board is voting on governance goals under Item 13.B, which includes adopting a ‘Strategic Plan Monitoring Calendar’ (Attachment 17). This calendar schedules a staff survey on ‘Talent Development’ and ‘Well-Being, Safety, and Inclusion’ to launch in November. Such surveys can contain questions that compel employee speech or require affirmation of contested ideological beliefs.
Intake Action

RECORDS REQUEST: The Board is adopting governance goals under Item 13.B, which includes the monitoring calendar in Attachment 17 scheduling a staff survey. Submit a public records request for any draft or final versions of the staff survey on ‘Well-Being, Safety, and Inclusion,’ and any contract with a third-party vendor to develop or administer it. Advise the Board that such surveys must not compel employee speech or affirmation of ideological beliefs.

⚖️ Legal Hook: First Amendment – Compelled Speech
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