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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Atascadero Unified. We found 8 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Proposes New ‘Gender Identity’ and ‘Reproductive Health’ Policies
Under Consent Agenda Item 11.D, the Board is set to approve new nondiscrimination policies (BP 0410 and BP 5145.3) that add ‘gender identity,’ ‘gender expression,’ ‘sex stereotypes,’ and ‘reproductive health decision-making’ as protected classes. These policies lay the groundwork for radical gender theory in classrooms, bathrooms, and sports, and can be used to socially transition students without parental consent.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Contact the Board of Trustees (see the Official Agenda link for contact details) and demand that ‘Item 11.D, Board Policies’ be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a full discussion and a separate roll-call vote on each policy. Ask them: ‘Will these policies allow the district to hide a student’s social transition from their parents?’
💰 Impact: Parental Rights Undermined
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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District Adopts ‘MTSS’ Student Intervention Framework
Minutes from the last meeting (attached to Item 10.A) confirm the district is using the ‘Multi-Tiered System of Supports’ (MTSS) framework. MTSS is a school-wide system used to label, track, and ‘intervene’ with students for academic, behavioral, and social-emotional issues, often based on subjective data and without full parental consent.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND ANSWERS: Contact the Board of Trustees (see the Official Agenda link for contact details): ‘What specific data is collected on students under the MTSS framework, who has access to it, and what is the explicit, written process for parents to opt their child out of all non-academic screening and interventions?’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Data
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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New Policy Authorizes Monitoring of Student Social Media Accounts
A new policy, BP 5125 ‘Student Records’ under Consent Agenda Item 11.D, gives the district authority to ‘gather and maintain information from the social media of any district student.’ While the policy claims this is for ‘school safety,’ it opens the door to district surveillance of students’ private speech and activities outside of school.
Recommended Action Plan
PROTECT STUDENT PRIVACY: Contact the Board of Trustees (see the Official Agenda link for contact details) regarding policy BP 5125 in Item 11.D. Ask: ‘What specific actions trigger social media monitoring, who conducts it, and where is the data stored? Parents must have the right to opt-out of this surveillance.’
💰 Impact: Student Privacy
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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District Using ‘Leader in Me’ Social Emotional Learning Program
The Certificated Personnel Order, an attachment under Consent Agenda Item 11.A, confirms the district is funding training for the ‘Leader in Me’ program. This is a well-known Social Emotional Learning (SEL) program that aims to reshape student mindsets and behaviors, replacing parental guidance with school-led character formation.
Recommended Action Plan
ASK THE BOARD: Contact the Board of Trustees (see the Official Agenda link for contact details): ‘How much money and instructional time is being diverted from core academics to the ‘Leader in Me’ SEL program? Please provide the evidence that this program, not a focus on academics, improves student achievement.’
💰 Impact: Focus on Academics
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Truancy Policy Involves Probation and Welfare Departments
Under Consent Agenda Item 11.D, policy BP 5113.12 creates a School Attendance Review Board (SARB) to handle ‘chronic absenteeism.’ This board includes representatives from the county probation and welfare departments, creating a pathway to escalate attendance issues into legal problems for families instead of partnering with parents.
Recommended Action Plan
QUESTION THE PROCESS: Contact the Board of Trustees (see the Official Agenda link for contact details) regarding BP 5113.12 in Item 11.D. Ask: ‘What is the exact threshold for a student to be referred to the SARB, and what parent-led interventions must be exhausted before involving law enforcement and social services?’
💰 Impact: Family Autonomy
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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New Policy Mandates Developing American Indian Curriculum with Local Tribes
Policy BP 6173.4, under Consent Agenda Item 11.D, requires the district to form a ‘California Indian Education Task Force’ with local tribes to develop ‘culturally relevant curriculum.’ While seemingly positive, this process can be used to insert political activism and contested historical narratives into the classroom, bypassing standard curriculum review.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND OVERSIGHT: Contact the Board of Trustees (see the Official Agenda link for contact details) regarding BP 6173.4 in Item 11.D. Ask: ‘Will all curriculum developed by this task force be subject to the same public review and parental inspection process as all other instructional materials before it is used in a classroom?’
💰 Impact: Curriculum Oversight
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| ALERT (LEVEL 2) |
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Public Hearing is Key Opportunity to Inspect Textbooks
Under Item 14.A, the Board will hold a public hearing to certify that all students have ‘sufficient’ textbooks. This is a critical, legally-required moment of transparency. It is the perfect opportunity for parents to attend and publicly demand to see the exact instructional materials their children are using.
Recommended Action Plan
ATTEND THE HEARING: Show up for Item 14.A, the Public Hearing on Instructional Materials. Sign up to speak and ask the Board: ‘Before you vote on Resolution #03-26-27, will you please identify the specific textbooks being certified as sufficient for each grade and subject so parents can review them?’
💰 Impact: Curriculum Transparency
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✅ Wins to Defend
Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.
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| Major Win (LEVEL 7) |
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WIN: New Policies Affirm Parental Right to Opt-Out and Inspect Materials
Two proposed policies on the Consent Agenda (Item 11.D) are major wins for parents. Policy BP 5020, ‘Parent Rights And Responsibilities,’ explicitly affirms the right for parents to opt their children out of ‘certain instruction.’ Policy BP 5022, ‘Student And Family Privacy Rights,’ guarantees parents’ right to inspect survey instruments and instructional materials.
How to Lock It In
SECURE THE WIN: Show up or email the Board of Trustees to thank them for policies BP 5020 and BP 5022 in Item 11.D. Getting this on the public record makes it harder to reverse and creates a model for other districts. Say: ‘Thank you for affirming our fundamental rights as parents in policies 5020 and 5022. We urge your unanimous support.’
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