Giving Away Your Child’s Private Data for ‘Research’

The board is approving a three-year agreement (Item 21.34) to give an outside group, Summit Education Initiative (SEI), access to ‘specific student information’ for research. This is being done at ‘no cost,’ which means our children’s data is the product. This agreement opens the door for data mining without direct parental consent for each study.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: ‘No Cost’ (Your Child’s Data)

A $1.38 Million Contract for Social-Emotional Engineering

The board is renewing a $1,380,000 contract (Item 21.22) with JAG Education Services for an ‘alternative’ program. The district’s own justification states the goal is for students to ‘demonstrate social-emotional learning competencies.’ This is a massive expenditure to outsource teaching values and behaviors (‘pro-social skills’) instead of focusing on core academics like reading and math.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: $1,380,000.00

Replacing Discipline with ‘Restorative’ Talking Circles

Item 21.21 is a $12,910 contract with the ‘International Institute for Restorative Practices’ to train staff. ‘Restorative Practices’ is code for getting rid of real consequences for misbehavior. This approach often forces victims to ‘talk it out’ with their bullies and keeps disruptive students in the classroom, sacrificing the safety and learning environment for everyone else.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: $12,910.00 (Grant Funded)

Trojan Horse ‘Leadership’ Program is Full-Blown SEL

The board is purchasing the ‘Leader in Me’ program from Franklin Covey (Item 21.15). While it’s sold as ‘leadership,’ this is a comprehensive Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum that focuses on shaping student attitudes, values, and beliefs, taking time and focus away from core academics.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: $5,750.00 (Grant Funded)

Installing Digital Behavior and ‘Social Credit’ Trackers

The board is approving two different digital behavior tracking systems: ClassDojo (Item 21.9) and Navigate360’s PBIS Rewards (Item 21.29). These apps allow teachers to award or deduct points for student behavior, creating a permanent digital record. This is a ‘social credit’ system for kids that raises serious questions about student privacy and data ownership.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: $12,313.65 for Navigate360; ‘No Cost’ for ClassDojo (Data is the cost)

Using ‘Trauma’ to Lower Academic and Behavioral Standards

Item 25.4 is a contract for ‘trauma-informed professional development.’ This approach often re-labels bad behavior as a ‘trauma response,’ leading to lower expectations and a refusal to hold students accountable. It can also be used to inject political ideologies by defining things like ‘systemic racism’ as a source of trauma that must be addressed in the classroom.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: $10,600.00 (Grant Funded)

Vague ‘Behavioral Leadership’ Training Hides SEL Agenda

Multiple items (11.2, 11.4, 21.14) approve spending on ‘School Climate’ and ‘Behavioral Leadership’ training. These are vague buzzwords often used to disguise Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and controversial discipline theories. The district is spending over $31,000 on this without providing parents a clear definition of what is being taught to staff.

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💰 Taxpayer Impact: $31,800.00+ (Grant Funded)