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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for El Rancho Unified. We found 10 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Approving $182K Student Data-Mining Platform
Under Consent Item 18.D.4, the district is amending a contract with Renaissance Learning for $182,446. The platform, eduCLIMBER, is explicitly designed to bring together academic, behavioral, attendance, intervention, and social-emotional data into one place to manage a ‘Multi-Tiered System of Supports’ (MTSS). This creates a massive digital dossier on your child, tracking far more than just academics.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘I demand Consent Item 18.D.4 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a separate discussion and roll-call vote. Parents deserve to know exactly what behavioral and social-emotional data is being collected on our children and who has access to it.’
💰 Impact: $182,446
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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County Social Workers to be Placed Inside High Schools
Item 18.B.1 approves an agreement to ‘co-locate Children’s Social Workers’ from the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on the El Rancho and Salazar High School campuses. This puts a government agency, which has the power to investigate families, directly in the school, creating a pathway for student services and interventions to occur without parental presence or knowledge.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a major overreach. Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Vote NO on Item 18.B.1. We do not consent to government social workers having direct access to our children on campus without our presence. Do not turn our schools into government service centers.’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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District Spending Over $77K on ‘Restorative Justice’ Consultants
A review of the Purchase Order report (Attachment 33) reveals the district is spending tens of thousands on ideological consultants. This includes a $33,000 contract with ‘Building Restorative Communities, LLC’ for ‘RJ’ (Restorative Justice) and a $44,750 contract with the ‘Center for Safe and Resilient Schools & Workplaces’ for ‘Trainings.’ This is money being diverted from academics to fund social justice programs that often reduce consequences for bad behavior.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND ANSWERS: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding POs 27-01103 and 27-00910, why is the district spending over $77,000 on restorative justice consultants instead of academic instruction? Parents want a focus on learning and safety, not social experiments.’
💰 Impact: $77,750
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Approves Preschooler Developmental Data Sharing
Item 18.A.2 is an agreement with WestEd for DRDP Online® software to perform ‘developmental assessments’ on state preschool children. The fine print confirms the district agrees to share this assessment data with WestEd and UC Berkeley researchers to ‘inform statewide early education policy decisions.’ This turns our youngest learners into subjects for policy research without explicit parental consent for this secondary use of their data.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding Item 18.A.2, I do not consent for my child’s developmental data to be shared with outside universities or used for statewide policy making. Provide the specific opt-out form for this data sharing before this is voted on.’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Data
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Recruiting Students to Lobby for ‘Equity’ Policies
Item 18.B.5 approves a partnership with USC for the SAGE Study, which will recruit ‘at-promise’ students into ‘youth participatory action research’ (YPAR). The stated goal is for students to use their ‘lived experiences’ to develop materials that will ‘improve K-12 district policies and practices’ around ‘equity.’ This is a political activation program that uses students as props to push a specific ideological agenda on the district.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Vote NO on Item 18.B.5. The district’s job is to educate students, not recruit them into political activism to change district policy. This is exploitation, not education.’
💰 Impact: Student Political Activation
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Key Policies on Curriculum and Libraries Changed with No Text Provided
Items 15.C, 15.D, and 15.E are the first reading of revised policies for ‘Curriculum Development,’ ‘Selection and Evaluation of Instructional Materials,’ and ‘Library Media Centers.’ These are the most critical policies affecting what our children are taught, but the actual text of the changes has not been included in the agenda packet. The board is asking for input on secret changes.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Postpone the first reading of Items 15.C, 15.D, and 15.E until the full red-lined text of the proposed policy changes is made public. Parents have a right to see what you are changing before you discuss it.’
💰 Impact: Reduced Transparency
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District to Conduct ‘Eye-Tracking Experiments’ on High Schoolers
Item 18.B.4 is an MOU with USC to conduct an ‘E-Cigarette Marketing Study’ on students in grades 9-12. The study involves an ‘eye-tracking experiment’ where a device measures what students look at in social media videos. The agenda provides no details on the parental consent process for this human research on our kids.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND ANSWERS: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Before approving Item 18.B.4, the district must publicly release the exact parental consent forms for this eye-tracking experiment. Is this an opt-in or opt-out study? We have a right to know before our children are subjected to university research.’
💰 Impact: Parental Consent Violation
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Spends $107K on Student Attendance Tracking System
The Purchase Order report (Attachment 33) shows a $107,300 payment to ‘School Innovations & Achievement’ (PO 27-00955). This company specializes in tracking ‘chronic absenteeism,’ which can lead to increased surveillance of students and families, intrusive interventions, and even home visits, all bypassing parental authority.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding PO 27-00955, what specific actions does the School Innovations & Achievement contract authorize when a student is flagged for absenteeism? Parents must be informed of any policies that could lead to home visits or other family interventions.’
💰 Impact: $107,300
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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District Commits to ‘Full-Service Community Schools’ Model
Item 18.B.3 approves travel for staff to attend the ‘Full-Service Community Schools National Network Conference.’ This confirms the district’s involvement in a federal grant program that aims to turn schools into hubs for social and health services. These programs often include school-based clinics that can operate without direct parental involvement, undermining the family.
Recommended Action Plan
ASK THE BOARD: Email the Board of Education (see Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding Item 18.B.3 and the Full-Service Community Schools grant, what specific services will be offered on campus, and what are the parental consent and notification policies for these services? We must have transparency.’
💰 Impact: Federal Strings Attached
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✅ Wins to Defend
Good moves worth showing up to support so they stick.
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| Win (LEVEL 6) |
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WIN: Board Publicly Affirms All Students Have Textbooks
In Item 19.C.1, the Board is adopting Resolution No. 13-2026/2027, which formally declares that every student in the district has ‘sufficient textbooks or instructional materials’ for core subjects like math, science, history, and English. This is a public promise of transparency and a commitment to academic fundamentals that parents can and should hold them to.
How to Lock It In
SECURE THE WIN: Show up to thank the Board for adopting Resolution 13-2026/2027. Get this commitment on the public record so it can’t be quietly ignored. This sets a standard of accountability for ensuring our kids have the academic tools they need.
✅ Why It Matters: Public Accountability
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