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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for MANHASSET UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. We found 9 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Adopts “Threat Assessment” Surveillance Model
The new District-Wide Safety Plan (Item H.16) formally adopts a “Threat Assessment” model for identifying potentially violent students. While sounding like safety, these programs often create a surveillance system that flags students for non-criminal behavior, pulling them into psychological interventions based on subjective criteria without full parental consent.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education. ‘Regarding the Safety Plan’s ‘Threat Assessment’ model, what specific behaviors will be tracked? Who has access to this data, and what is the exact process for parental notification and consent before any intervention occurs? We must not create a pre-crime system for students.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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“Portrait of a Graduate” Initiative Surfaces
The board has scheduled a November presentation on a “Portrait of a Graduate Crosswalk.” This is a common strategy to replace core academics with subjective social-emotional skills and “global citizen” values, redefining the district’s educational goals without direct curriculum votes.
Recommended Action Plan
GET AHEAD OF THIS: Email the Board of Education before the November meeting. ‘I am concerned that the ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ initiative will shift focus from academic mastery to subjective, non-academic metrics. I request a full public review of all proposed ‘graduate’ traits and how they will be measured before any ‘crosswalk’ is developed.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Academic Excellence
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Massive BOCES Contracts Fund “Mental Health” and Home Visits
The district is approving multi-million dollar contracts with Nassau BOCES (Items H.14, H.15) that contain concerning line items. These include over $100k for vague “Mental Health Resources” and over $50k for “Programs for Youth – PCHP,” a known home-visiting program that extends school surveillance into the family home.
Recommended Action Plan
PULL IT FROM CONSENT: Email the Board of Education. ‘I demand the BOCES AS-7 Contracts (Items H.14 & H.15) be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a full public discussion. Parents deserve to know what the ‘Mental Health Resources’ and ‘PCHP’ home-visiting programs entail before millions of our tax dollars are spent.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Over $4.5M (Federal/State Strings Attached)
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Hires Vendor for New K-6 Report Cards
The board is paying Renaissance $10,500 to create new “standards-based report cards” for K-6 students (Item H.6). This is a common entry point for embedding subjective Social Emotional Learning (SEL) metrics like “grit” or “social awareness” alongside traditional academic grades, fundamentally changing how children are evaluated.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND REVIEW: Email the Board of Education. ‘Regarding the new report cards in Item H.6, I insist that parents have a 30-day public review and comment period on the proposed K-6 report card templates before they are finalized. Report cards must measure academics, not attitudes and beliefs.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $10,500
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The board is voting to approve a large, multi-page personnel schedule (Item G.1), but the document listing the new hires, resignations, and appointments was not included in the agenda packet. This lack of transparency could be used to approve controversial positions, such as a DEI officer, without public scrutiny.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘Personnel Schedule.8.18.26.pdf’ attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed Salaries
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Vague “Level Up Village” Program Approved
The board approved a contract for a program called “Level Up Village” (Item H.7). Programs with “village” and global-sounding names are often vehicles for “Global Citizenship” curricula, which can promote anti-American ideas and prioritize global political agendas over foundational civics. The contract details were not attached to the agenda.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘BOCES – Level Up Village.PNW.(signed). 8.18.26.pdf’ attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm the curriculum and cost of this program.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The board is ratifying a list of conference requests for staff travel and training (Item H.8), but the document detailing which conferences they are attending is not attached. This prevents parents from knowing if their tax dollars are funding professional development in ideological subjects like Critical Race Theory or gender ideology.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘Conference Requests.8.18.26.pdf’ attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed Travel & Training Costs
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| 👀 MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Agreements Place University “Trainees” in Classrooms
The district is approving agreements with Sacred Heart and Stony Brook Universities to place their students in our schools for “clinical education” (Items H.10, H.11). This creates a pipeline for unvetted college students, steeped in progressive educational theories, to interact with and instruct our children. The specific agreements were not attached.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the files for Items H.10 and H.11 in the Official Agenda (linked above). We need to know what oversight the district has over these university ‘trainees’ and the content they bring into the classroom.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Unvetted Classroom Influence
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
The district is accepting a $6,000 grant to support a “Bridge Program for at risk students” (Item F.2). The term “at risk” is often used as a justification for implementing Social Emotional Learning (SEL) or other non-academic interventions. The grant agreement was not attached to the agenda.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘Gift Greentree Grant. executed.8.18.26.pdf’ attached in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $6,000 (Strings Attached)
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