DSUSD Future and Past Meetings

Agenda Issues--most recent agenda first.

July 15, 2025

Analysis delayed due to high amount of agenda items. Please see this article for preview. Will update soon.

Update 7/18: For the second ELOP ICA vetting, please click here, or visit our Media page.

The following are summaries of most of the 33 Expanded Learning Opportunities Programs (ELOP) Independent Contractor Agreements (ICA) for outside vendors to provide before/after school daycare. Each will receive a more thorough vetting as time allows, feel free to join in! Email us what you find!

Hourly rate is figured by taking the most basic breakdown, or individual school contracts, that are provided as attachments (Scopes of Services) to the Agenda Item. Links provided. This is what DSUSD pays each ICA PER HOUR for their services.

19. General Functions--Educational Services

19.1 ICA with About Families (see California Globe OpEd). Founder/Owner/Operator is No Kings Activist. Contract is $218,070 for 15.2 hours a week of daycare.

19.2 ICA with Art Major Contract is for $175,000 for cooking/Art daycare.

Breakdown: $8.750/10 hours =** $875 per hour**

19.3 ICA with Bollywood Dance Central Contract is for $139,000 for STEM type programs from a dubious Empower Teaching LLC--not dance.

Breakdown: $5,000/9 hours = $555 per hour. See here for more information.

19.5 ICA with Cruz Language Academy Contract: $251, 300 to teach Spanish as a second language.

Breakdown: 15 hours a week x 32 weeks = $523 per hour

19.6 ICA with Dance Dimensions J&T INC Contract: $111,700 for dance daycare at seven schools.

Breakdown: $7,400 / 10 hours =$740 per hour.

19.7 ICA with Desert Performing Arts (501 c 3 nonprofit) Contract: $204,000 for Colorguard daycare at six schools.

Breakdown: $9,200 / 20 hours = $460 per hour.

19.9 and 19.10 (PENDING)

19.11 ICA with Music Education Services LLC Contract: $111,860 for band daycare at four schools.

Breakdown:

19.12 ICA with Peninsula Activities, INC Contract: $510,441 for "21st Century Skills" daycare.

Breakdown: $456,945 / 640 hours =$713 per hour.

19.13 ICA with Right At School, LLC--based in Evanston, Ill Contract: $1,186,850 for "21st Century Skills" daycare for five schools.

Breakdown:

19.14 ICA with SCJV Worldwide LLC--dba The Flow Institute Contract: $119,000 for Jiu-jitsu daycare at six schools.

Breakdown (Lincoln): $36,000 / 31 hours (45 minute hours) = $1,161 per hour

June 24, 2025

Item 18.1 The 2025-26 LCAP update is out, please look to the Finance page for a summary

Item 19.4 Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for Pre-Kinder with Victor Community Support Services

• Cost: $100,000, to be paid from the Medi-Cal Collaborative and the Quality Start Riverside County funds.

Item 19.7 2025-26 Consolidated Application

• Revenue: Receipt of funds, in the approximate amount of $10,325,525, for supplementary categorical funding.

• Protected Prayer Certification--DSUSD certifies they will not prevent persons from praying.

• Consultation on Page 8-- DSUSD has 670 "Immigrant" children enrolled and qualifies for extra money due to "significant growth" of migrant student population (1/2 of 1% or greater).

• 369 of those students are enrolled in the high schools.

• 25% of DSUSD student population are "immigrants".

Item 19.8 Hate Motivated Behavior Policy--concerning due to the inclusion of DEI/CRT/SEL/Gender ideologies--this could be used against those refusing to use the "correct pronouns" of an adult or student pretending to be another gender.

Item 25.2 Independent Contract Agreement with Buck Institute for Education (PBL Works)"... to provide professional development designed to create knowledge and understanding of Project-Based Learning."

Cost: $19,000, to be paid from the school site’s Comprehensive Support and Improvement Fund.

• Non profit--IRS EIN # 68-0160429
• Full of harmful and ILLEGAL DEI and SEL concepts
• Models are built around propagandist and fake news outlets, social media influencers, and peddlers of disinformation such as : Vox, The Atlantic, NPR, and Greta Thunberg.

Item 25.4 Independent Contractor Agreement with Conscious Discipline to train Early Childhood Development staff in order to "...lead school to Fidelity"

• Cost: $22,881, to be paid from the Head Start and the California State Preschool Program funds.

• Holds an "Engage with Equity" Conference

• Has a "CASEL SELect Program Designation" described as:

Conscious Discipline has achieved CASEL’s SELect Program designation, recognizing Conscious Discipline as a leader in impactful social and emotional learning (SEL). Conscious Discipline meets CASEL’s SELect Program designation, the highest designation for evidence-based programs, in the CASEL Guide to Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs. This designation indicates that Conscious Discipline can play a central role in a school’s approach to promoting student social and emotional learning. The CASEL Program Guide identifies well-designed, evidence-based SEL programs that offer comprehensive programming, ongoing training and support, and a demonstrated statistically significant positive impact on student behavioral outcomes and/or academic achievement.

• Program: " Rather than focusing on external markers of kindergarten readiness such as academics, gross and fine motor skills, etc., Conscious Discipline emphasizes building safety, empathy, connection, and resilience in adults and in children."
• "Conscious Discipline is a comprehensive, trauma-responsive approach rooted in this, centralized idea: creating an environment built on safety and belonging promotes social development, emotional intelligence and self-regulation, resulting in higher functioning, executive brain states."
• Brown University, on its "What is Conscious Discipline page Describes it as INDOCTRINATION as can be seen at this link.

Item 25.6 Independent Contractor Agreement with David Ramos to provide three "Family Strengthening" workshops for English Learner parents.

• Cost: $17,600 to be paid from the Title I Fund.

• DSUSD Describes Ramos in the Agenda:

_David Ramos is a Program Advisor for Childcare Providers and Parent Engagement for the Merced County Office of Education’s Early Education Support Programs. He has worked extensively with both, early education, and parent engagement programs for over 25 years. Mr. Ramos is a huge proponent of high-quality early education based on equity, diversity, and inclusion for all children, as well as culturally responsive training opportunities for parents and guardians in effective parenting, leadership, advocacy, and engagement. _

• According to a 2016 Merced Sun Star article with the title "Dozens celebrate end of program, start of new leadership roles," the program was for "...for parents and community members who want to learn about civic involvement." Also the program existed to "...partner and to create change in the community."

Item 25.15 Public speaking contract for Till360, LLC intended for LQ middle school staff

• Cost: $9,000 to be paid from the school site’s Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant Fund.
• Focuses on "Whole Child" and Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

June 10, 2025

See full agenda here.

Points of Interest

1. Item 22.1 Title IX Resolution. Please visit this link for complete breakdown:
2. Item 17.1 Public Hearing No. 14/2024-2025 Local Control and Accountability Plan The Desert Sands Unified School District’s Board of Education will hold a public hearing on June 10, 2025, at which time parents, teachers, members of the community, and bargaining unit leaders are encouraged to make comments regarding the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

The State of California has adopted the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), and legislation has established a set of requirements relating to school districts and accountability. Districts are required to adopt an LCAP by July 1, 2025, and each year thereafter, to review the progress toward meeting the LCAP goals and include the following:

State Priorities: Conditions of Learning State Standards Parent Engagement Parent Involvement Pupil Engagement School Climate Course Access Pupil Outcomes

3. Item 17.3 Public Hearing No. 16/2024-2025, 2025-2026 Budget Adoption

The Board of Education is holding this public hearing to receive public comments regarding the 2025-2026 Budget. Adoption of the Budget will be presented as a General Function item, at the June 24, 2025, Board meeting.

4. Item 25.2 Independent Contractor Agreement with ConnectED, LLC.

Contract with Hayward Unified educator, Lili Velo, steeped in restorative justice, earth based healing, "ancestorial healing," and other DEI tenants, for English Learner parents: "ConnectEd, LLC., is led by a full-time trauma-informed educator and parent trainer. Miroslaba Velo draws on over 10 years of experience, as both a mother and educator—to help families and educators understand the impact of trauma. Her approach supports children in processing their emotions, developing self-regulation skills, becoming lifelong learners, and thriving in school environments."

Visit Lili's Hayward page here.

May 20, 2025

See full agenda here.

Points of interest:

1. LCAP Indicators PDF boasts of "Certified Mental Health Therapist" access at every school. Elementary schools share Therapists, while secondary school have a full-time Therapist on-stie. This is concerning as Public Schools should not be practicing Mental Health Care. In addition, past research has shown most therapists are LGBTQ+ Activists.
2. Item 24.4 is a contract, with a sizable grant, to replace six (6) diesel powered busses with electric ones. Cost to the DSUSD is $172, 057 while the grant is over $2 million. There are no contingency plans for mandatory California blackouts when the energy grid is overloaded (often).
3. Item 25.3 is for remedial instruction with DSUSD students that attend Xavier--I don't get that one. Remediation consists of taking a final, receiving instruction on weak areas, and retaking same final. Grade can be no better than C-.
4. Item 25.4 is an agreement with Emily N. Stewart Consulting. While Stewart's website demonstrates an unflinching dedication to all things DEI, here "Transitional Kindergarten Training" follows the CDE guidelines exactly. Problem here is with the California Department of Education.
5. Item 32-Future Agenda Items. I have been informed by Superintendent Kelly May-Vollmar, that the board will bring up the public's request to place a Title IX Resolution on a future agenda. The public can urge the board to do so during the open comments section of the meeting.

May 6, 2025, General Board Meeting Agenda Points of Interest.

DSCW notes in Bold See full agenda Here

1. Land Acknowledgement after Pledge of Allegiance—Complaint filed with the Department of Education
2. Item 17 Public hearing, items 1 and 2 for DSTA contract negotiations-**-See attachment below for DSTA concerns **
3. Item 18.7 General Functions - Business Services--Application for Exemption from the Required Expenditures for Classroom Teachers' Salaries: Required to spend 55% of budget on teacher salaries but overly spent on mental health and counselling services, plus covid era Expanded Learning Opportunities.
4. Item 19.15 General Functions - Educational Services--First Reading of Revised Board Policy 1312.2, Instruction: COMPLAINTS CONCERNING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Reflects new law SB 153 (2024) see BP 1312.2 below. Changes include considering if parents just “dislike ideas” and materials will NOT be banned if they are considered to have “diverse and/or inclusive perspectives”.
5. Item 19.16 General Functions - Educational Service--First Reading of Revised Board Policy 6142.93, Instruction: SCIENCE INSTRUCTION: Policies must change to conform with California Next Generation Standards. Changes include causes and effects of climate change (hoax and scam) and methods to mitigate
6. Item 19.17 General Functions - Educational Service--First Reading of Revised Board Policy 6142.94, Instruction: HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTION: Policies must change to conform with California Next Generation Standards. Focus on “appreciation of different ethnicities” and mandatory Workplace Readiness Week lessons from the Ca. Dept. of Education—Week of April 28 each year
7. Item 20.2 General Functions - Personnel Services--2. Independent Contractor Agreement for Professional Services with Trudy Arriaga, Ed.D.: $14,400 for DEI and LGBTQ+ Equity based training for classified staff. Arriaga is the former Dean of Equity and Outreach at Cal Lutheran University. Arriaga believes that men pretending to be women are women