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Heads up! Our parent watchdogs have scanned the upcoming agenda for ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. We found 7 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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Contracting with ‘Action Civics’ Group, Bypassing Oversight
Under Item 3.C, the board plans to approve an $83,500 contract with the Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation (Resolution 126) for ‘Civics programming.’ Mikva Challenge promotes ‘Action Civics,’ which often involves training students in political activism and protest rather than teaching traditional civics. The board is also explicitly waiving the requirement for review by its own Instructional Council, pushing this through without proper oversight.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a critical threat. Email the Board of Education (see the Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Pull Resolution 126 from the Consent Agenda. We will not pay for our children to be trained as political activists. Vote NO on the Mikva Challenge contract.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: $83,500
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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District Adopting Student Surveillance System
The board is voting to approve policies 4205 and 4206, which establish a ‘Multi-Tiered System of Supports’ (MTSS) and ‘Response to Intervention’ (RTI). This creates a framework for universal academic, behavioral, and social-emotional screening of all students, allowing the district to apply interventions and collect data on your child without specific consent for each step.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see the Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘I demand that Policies 4205 and 4206 be pulled for a separate discussion and vote. Parents must be asked for explicit consent before our children are subjected to behavioral and social-emotional screening and intervention.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Child’s Data Profile
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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Major Expansion of School-Based Mental Health Clinics
The board is voting on three separate resolutions (141, 145, 147) to fund and authorize partnerships with outside providers for school-based mental health clinics. These resolutions approve contracts for ‘psychiatric evaluation,’ ‘crisis intervention,’ and ‘individual and family psychotherapy’ to happen on school grounds. These clinics can operate without direct parental presence, creating a serious risk to parental oversight of their child’s mental health care.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Education (see the Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘I demand Resolutions 141, 145, and 147 be pulled from the Consent Agenda for a full public discussion. What are the specific policies for parental notification and consent before a child receives psychological services in these school-based clinics?’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Your Parental Consent
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| 🚨 HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Embedding Gender Ideology in District Goals
The board is set to approve Policy 5000, which establishes the district’s official goals for all students. Goal #2 explicitly commits the district to ‘promoting social-emotional wellness and physical health inclusive of all genders and identities,’ and Goal #3 mandates a ‘culturally responsive learning environment.’ This embeds controversial social ideology into the core mission of the schools, prioritizing it alongside academics.
Recommended Action Plan
Email the Board of Education (see the Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Vote NO on Policy 5000. The district’s goals should be focused on academic excellence and student safety, not social engineering and gender identity politics.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Replacing Academics with Ideology
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| ⚠️ NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 6) |
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Vague ‘Progress Monitoring’ Report — Manual Review Required
Item 5.A is a ‘Progress Monitoring Report,’ a term often associated with the data collection and student tracking used in MTSS and RTI systems. The agenda references two attachments for this item, but the text could not be extracted, making it impossible to know what data is being reported to the board.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the files attached to Item 5.A in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm what student data is being monitored and discussed by the Board. This is essential for understanding the scope of the MTSS/RTI system.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Undisclosed Student Data
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Pushing ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ Competencies
Resolution 131 authorizes additional pay for teachers to implement the ‘NYS Individual Arts Assessment Pathway (IAAP) aligned with Portrait of a Graduate competencies.’ ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ is often a vehicle for embedding Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and other non-academic, values-based ‘competencies’ into the curriculum, shifting focus away from core knowledge.
Recommended Action Plan
OPT-OUT ALERT: Email the Board of Education (see the Official Agenda link for contacts): ‘Regarding Resolution 131, please provide a list of the specific ‘Portrait of a Graduate competencies’ being implemented. Parents need to know what values and skills are being prioritized over academics.’
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Focus on SEL over Academics
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| ALERT (LEVEL 3) |
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Heads-Up: ‘Student Health Services’ Policy Review Next Month
The board announced that Policy 5420, ‘Student Health Services,’ will be up for review next month. These policies can be a vehicle for introducing controversial services or undermining parental consent regarding a child’s health decisions at school. This is an early warning to prepare for the next meeting.
Recommended Action Plan
Monitor: This is an advance warning. Chapter leadership should obtain the current version of Policy 5420 and be prepared to analyze the proposed changes at the next board meeting.
💰 Taxpayer Impact: Future Policy Changes
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