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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for Firelands Local. We found 5 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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Using ‘Wellness’ Funds for School-Based Mental Health Services
| 📅 Vote Scheduled July 13, 2026 |
Under Item J.1.B, the Board is approving the ‘Student Success and Wellness Funding Plan.’ This plan uses over $106,000 in state funds to hire outside ‘Behavior Specialists’ and ‘Social Workers.’ The document explicitly states that over 75% of this money will fund ‘mental health services,’ creating a direct pipeline for psychological interventions and data collection on your child, often without your direct presence or specific consent for each session.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a critical threat to parental rights. Call Board President Tom Myers at (440) 965-5821 and sign up for public comment. Demand to know which outside agencies will have access to our children and what the specific parental consent process is for these ‘mental health services.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $106,319 (State Strings Attached)
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Rewriting the District’s Mission to Focus on Social Engineering
| 📅 Vote Scheduled July 13, 2026 |
The Board is voting on an updated ‘Vision Statement’ (Item J.1.A) that embeds ideological jargon into the district’s core mission. It is filled with code words like ‘Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS),’ ‘social-emotional supports,’ and ‘Whole Child.’ This language shifts the focus from academic excellence to psychological programming and will be used to justify future purchases of SEL curriculum, invasive student surveys, and data mining systems.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Call Superintendent Michael Von Gunten’s office at (440) 965-5821. Ask for a plain-English definition of ‘MTSS’ and ‘social-emotional supports’ and how these programs will be implemented without violating parental consent. This policy is the foundation for future ideological programs.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Policy framework for future ideological spending.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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New Rules Limit Parent Voices at Board Meetings
| 📅 Policy in effect July 13, 2026 |
The district’s ‘Public Participation’ policy (Item E.1) is designed to silence dissent. The rules require parents to register with the Superintendent three days in advance to speak on non-agenda items and cap the entire public comment period at just 30 minutes. This is a deliberate tactic to make it harder for busy parents to hold the board accountable and to rush through controversial policies before the community can organize.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND YOUR RIGHTS: Call Board President Tom Myers at (440) 965-5821. State that the 3-day pre-registration and 30-minute time limit are unacceptable barriers to public participation. Parents have a right to be heard, and these rules are designed to suppress our voices.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Suppression of parental rights and public accountability.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Outsourcing Education to an Unaccountable Third Party
| 📅 Vote Scheduled July 13, 2026 |
Under Item J.1.D, the district is approving a contract to outsource teaching for homebound students to a private company, North Coast Tutoring Services. This vendor’s tutors can become the ‘instructor of record,’ creating curriculum and assigning grades with far less oversight than a district teacher. The contract also contains a non-compete clause, locking the district into using this vendor and preventing them from hiring effective tutors directly.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND OVERSIGHT: Call Superintendent Michael Von Gunten’s office at (440) 965-5821. Ask: ‘Who reviews the curriculum created by North Coast Tutoring Services? How are parents guaranteed transparency and input when a third-party vendor is teaching our children?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Loss of local control and transparency over curriculum.
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 4) |
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The Money Trail: First Payments to a ‘School Wellness’ Vendor
| 📅 Disbursement made in June 2026 |
Buried in the Treasurer’s financial reports (Item G.1) is a $1,450 payment to ‘Project School Wellness,’ a vendor that provides health curriculum focused on ‘social-emotional health.’ While the amount is small, it establishes a financial relationship with an SEL-aligned vendor and is often the first step toward larger, more invasive ‘wellness’ and ‘mental health’ programs being brought into the classroom.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Call Treasurer Keri Angney’s office at (440) 965-5821. Ask: ‘Regarding the payment to Project School Wellness, which classrooms are using this material and what is the parental opt-out process for any associated surveys or lessons?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $1,450
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