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Heads up! We have scanned the upcoming agenda for Whittier Union High. We found 8 items that need your immediate attention before the vote.
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District Approves $175,000 for “Behavioral Emotional” Mentoring
The district is set to ratify a massive $175,000 purchase order (PO 27-01609) with ‘Behavioral Emotional & Academic Mentoring, LLC’ under Consent Item 14.05. This outsources student mentoring to a third-party focused on behavioral and emotional intervention, creating another pathway for services that operate outside of direct parental oversight.
Recommended Action Plan
PACK THE ROOM: This is a critical threat. Email the Board of Trustees (see official agenda for contacts) and sign up for public comment: ‘Vote NO on Consent Item 14.05 until the Board fully discloses the nature of the $175,000 contract with Behavioral Emotional & Academic Mentoring, LLC (PO 27-01609). We do not consent to third-party emotional intervention for our children.’
💰 Impact: $175,000
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 9) |
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District Buys SEL Curriculum from ‘Everyday Speech’
Buried in the purchase order report (Item 14.05) is a $5,940 payment to ‘Everyday Speech LLC’ (PO 27-01752). This company sells video-based Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum, replacing academic instruction with lessons on social skills and emotional regulation.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Trustees (see official agenda for contacts): ‘Pull Item 14.05 from the Consent Agenda. Parents have a right to know about the purchase of SEL curriculum from Everyday Speech (PO 27-01752) and to review these materials before they are used with our children.’
💰 Impact: $5,940
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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District Hires Social Work Interns for Student “Intervention”
Under Consent Item 14.03, the district is hiring nine social work interns to provide students with ‘intervention groups,’ ‘counseling support,’ and ‘case management.’ This expands the school’s role into mental health services, often without clear parental consent or oversight for every student interaction.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND TRANSPARENCY: Email the Board of Trustees (see official agenda for contacts): ‘Pull the social work intern contracts from Consent Item 14.03 for a separate vote. What specific parental notification and opt-in consent policies govern these ‘intervention’ and ‘counseling’ services?’
💰 Impact: Your Child’s Privacy
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| HIGH CONCERN (LEVEL 8) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
Item 15.01 is the first reading of revisions to the ‘4000 series’ of board policies, which covers personnel. The actual text of the proposed changes was not included in the agenda packet, hiding potentially significant changes to teacher training, duties, or conduct policies from public view before the meeting.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘BP 4000’s.pdf’ attached to Item 15.01 in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm whether it contains sensitive policy changes. Email the Board and demand they postpone this vote until the full text is made easily accessible to parents.
💰 Impact: Undisclosed Policy Changes
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| NEEDS REVIEW (LEVEL 7) |
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District Spends $68k on EdTech Software
The district is spending $68,306.50 on software from Edmentum (PO 27-01750), an online curriculum provider. This purchase increases student screen time, but the district has not provided any independent, non-vendor-funded evidence that this software improves academic outcomes.
Recommended Action Plan
DEMAND EVIDENCE: Email the Board of Trustees (see official agenda for contacts): ‘Regarding PO 27-01750 in Item 14.05, before approving $68,306 for Edmentum, please publish the independent, third-party studies proving its academic effectiveness and state how much daily screen time this adds for a typical student.’
💰 Impact: $68,306.50
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| MONITOR (LEVEL 5) |
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Vague Title — Manual Review Required
Item 14.02 on the Consent Agenda approves out-of-state travel for teachers to attend the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention. The NCTE is known for promoting ideological and political content in English classes, but the rationale document was not included in the agenda packet.
Recommended Action Plan
INVESTIGATE: Open the file ‘Rationale NCTE.pdf’ attached to Item 14.02 in the Official Agenda (linked above) to confirm the purpose of this travel. Email the Board of Trustees (see official agenda for contacts): ‘Please pull Item 14.02 from the consent agenda. Parents deserve to know why taxpayer money is being spent to send teachers to the highly politicized NCTE conference.’
💰 Impact: Politicized Teacher Training
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| ALERT (LEVEL 4) |
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Ideological Land Acknowledgment Added to Board Meetings
The board will now open meetings with a statement declaring the district is on ‘unceded territory’ of the Gabrieliño/Tongva peoples. This is a political ritual that has no bearing on academics and inserts a specific ideological viewpoint into official proceedings.
Recommended Action Plan
ASK THE BOARD: Contact the District Office (see the Official Agenda link): ‘Regarding Item 5.01, what is the educational purpose of the Land Acknowledgment, and how much staff time was spent developing this political statement instead of focusing on student achievement?’
💰 Impact: Focus on Politics, Not Academics
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| ALERT (LEVEL 3) |
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Teacher Contract Negotiations Begin
The district has presented its initial proposal (Item 15.02) for the new teacher contract. It includes updating contract language to align with the ‘California Standards for the Teaching Profession,’ which can sometimes be a vehicle for introducing ideological training requirements.
Recommended Action Plan
Monitor: This is the beginning of the negotiation process. Track Item 15.02 for future developments to ensure new ideological mandates are not embedded in the teacher contract.
💰 Impact: Future Ideological Training
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