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Because you are the best

advocate for your child.

Welcome to SCC Parents Association

One Nation, Under GOD, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for ALL.

Our Mission

We provide the platform, the education, and the tools for parents to become the best advocates for their children so that they can hold our public schools accountable. Parent’s are a child’s BEST advocate!

Our Vision

To ensure that students are the number one priority when it comes to school governance and policy, and that the education received in our public schools aligns with our Missouri Constitution which is to preserve the rights and liberties of the people.

Take back control of your child’s education

Learn how to combat ideological subversion

Help Protect MO Educational Freedom

Keep big government out of private & homeschools

Join the Fight

Get Involved

SCC Parent Association is a community for parents that want to get more involved in their child’s education and keep a pulse on what’s happening in our schools. There are many ways to get involved. Showing up to a school board meeting, researching agendas, combing the school libraries….

  • The first step is to get connected in your community – Join Our Facebook Group to connect with other parents in your community.

  • Connect with our organization – Subscribe to our mailing list. Tell us your interest. Find your niche.

We need all hands on deck!

#Protect MO Ed Freedom

$chool Choice is a trap!

Keep big government out of private & homeschools

“The money follows the child” sounds good in theory… But do not be fooled! The same people that created the problems in public school are now trying to sell you the solution which is no solution at all. We must reject and stop the expansion of big government into the private and homeschool sector.

Homeschool is the last beacon of  freedom we have. We must protect it at all cost.

What does “funding students, not systems” REALLY mean?

ESA’s (Empowerment Scholarship Accounts)2023-11-04T15:34:20-05:00

What is an ESA?

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts AKA School Choice were established in Missouri by the passage of HB349 and SB86. ESA’s allows students to use tax dollars for private and homeschools via MOScholars scholarship accounts. The money is distributed by an an EAO (Educational Assistance Organization).

An EAO is a nonprofit organization that, after approval by the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office, can receive qualified contributions from individuals and businesses to establish MOScholars scholarship accounts for qualified Missouri students.

Rules Written After the Vote

Both bills were passed “Pelosi” style, with the rules being written by the state treasurer after passage. The treasure’s rules subjects homeschool students to:

  • Homeschool Certification – Registration and approval to become a State Certified Homeschool

  • Background Checks – Everyone 18 and older residing in the home must pass a background check
  • Curriculum Approval – Only PRE-APPROVED curriculum permitted
  • Submit Records – Lesson plans, schedules, recorded hours, example of work, etc must all be submitted at the whim of the Treasurer and/or the Educational Assistance Organizations (EAOs)

Approved Curriculum

The list of approved curriculum is not only limiting, but much of it focuses on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional and Behavioral Therapies are both approved under ESA funds. The approved list of vendors offers no religious curriculum and little rigorous curriculum. Walmart Brand, Apple For Education, Amazon and ClassWallet vendors are what you will find on the approved vendor list.

ClassWallet

A digital back account for use with MOScholars school choice program. Student privacy laws are voluntary to ClassWallet, but not mandatory under the MOScholars (ESA) Program. What does this mean? The mandated testing and the databases therein are being sold. They are using the data to monetize our children!

Follow the money. It’s straight out of the Marxist Playbook.

What is an ESA?

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts AKA School Choice were established in Missouri by the passage of HB349 and SB86. ESA’s allows students to use tax dollars for private and homeschools via MOScholars scholarship accounts. The money is distributed by an an EAO (Educational Assistance Organization).

An EAO is a nonprofit organization that, after approval by the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office, can receive qualified contributions from individuals and businesses to establish MOScholars scholarship accounts for qualified Missouri students.

Rules Written After the Vote

Both bills were passed “Pelosi” style, with the rules being written by the state treasurer after passage. The treasure’s rules subjects homeschool students to:

  • Homeschool Certification

Registration and approval to become a State Certified Homeschool

  • Background Checks

Everyone 18 and older residing in the home must pass a background check

  • Curriculum Approval 

Only PRE-APPROVED curriculum permitted

  • Submit Records 

Lesson plans, schedules, recorded hours, example of work, etc must all be submitted at the whim of the Treasurer and/or the Educational Assistance Organizations (EAOs)

Approved Curriculum

The list of approved curriculum is not only limiting, but much of it focuses on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional and Behavioral Therapies are both approved under ESA funds. The approved list of vendors offers no religious curriculum and little rigorous curriculum. Walmart Brand, Apple For Education, Amazon and ClassWallet vendors are what you will find on the approved vendor list.

ClassWallet

A digital back account for use with MOScholars school choice program. Student privacy laws are voluntary to ClassWallet, but not mandatory under the MOScholars (ESA) Program. What does this mean? The mandated testing and the databases therein are being sold. They are using the data to monetize our children!

Follow the money. It’s straight out of the Marxist Playbook.

Open Enrollment2023-11-04T17:26:56-05:00

What is Open Enrollment?

Open Enrollment is a public to public option that differs from school choice. It allows the enrollment of a nonresident student in public school districts, creating the illusion of competition.

Competition does not exist in a captured market

Consolidation

Open Enrollment will create consolidation of small and rural schools making other schools larger reducing the balance of power between teacher unions and local citizens.

  • Centralized Power – Consolidated district loses local control, larger district gains power

  • Local Economic Harm – When buildings close, the local communities suffers economically
  • District Overcrowding – Enrollment surges create classroom shortages and transportation issues
  • Budget Cuts – The loss of enrollment leads to tighter budgets creating teacher shortages and limits the ability for the school district to operate

DEI

Last session, Andrew Keonig (SB 5) and Brad Pollitt (HB 253) both introduced open enrollment legislation that implements DEI into public and charter schools. Both pieces of proposed legislation stated that a district will have to create a “model policy” created by the “department”, REGARDLESS if the district partakes in open enrollment.

The “department” is DESE who is the root of the problem. This legislation implements more shackles on public education with bureaucratic bloat for DESE to administer.

Teachers Union Stronghold

We heard a lot about Teacher Union influence on the reopening of schools during the COVID lockdowns. This was their opportunity to strike, inserting the push for open enrollment to increase centralized power of education in the United States.

Rural and small schools are the best defense against unions and special interests. Open Enrollment will force these small schools to close, and the unions will grow.

What is Open Enrollment?

Open Enrollment is a public to public option that differs from school choice. It allows the enrollment of a nonresident student in public school districts, creating the illusion of competition.

Competition does not exist in a captured market

Consolidation

Open Enrollment will create consolidation of small and rural schools making other schools larger reducing the balance of power between teacher unions and local citizens.

  • Local Economic Harm

When buildings close, the local communities suffers economically

  • District Overcrowding 

Enrollment surges create classroom shortages and transportation issues

  • Centralized Power

Consolidated district loses local control, larger district gains power

  • Budget Cuts

The loss of enrollment leads to tighter budgets creating teacher shortages and limits the ability for the school district to operate.

DEI

Last session, Andrew Keonig (SB 5) and Brad Pollitt (HB 253) both introduced open enrollment legislation that implements DEI into public and charter schools. Both pieces of proposed legislation stated that a district will have to create a “model policy” created by the “department”, REGARDLESS if the district partakes in open enrollment.

The “department” is DESE who is the root of the problem. This legislation implements more shackles on public education with bureaucratic bloat for DESE to administer.

Teachers Union Stronghold

We heard a lot about Teacher Union influence on the reopening of schools during the COVID lockdowns. This was their opportunity to strike, inserting the push for open enrollment to increase centralized power of education in the United States.

Rural and small schools are the best defense against unions and special interests. Open Enrollment will force these small schools to close, and the unions will grow.

Unelected MO ESA Board2023-11-04T17:57:20-05:00

Who Governs MO ESA’s?

SB 86 establishes an unelected “Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Board.”

Who is on the Board?

The same bad actors that created the problems in public school are now governing this so called “school choice,” along with the state treasurer, whom wrote the rules after the bill’s passage. Does this really seem like “choice” to you? What reason would we have to believe that they are going to do any better governing the private and homeschool sector after seeing what damage they have done in the public schools?

Where will we run when our private schools and homeschools look like our public schools?

Who Governs MO ESA’s?

SB 86 establishes an unelected “Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Board.”

Who is on the Board?

The same bad actors that created the problems in public school are now governing this so called “school choice,” along with the state treasurer, whom wrote the rules after the bill’s passage. Does this really seem like “choice” to you? What reason would we have to believe that they are going to do any better governing the private and homeschool sector after seeing what damage they have done in the public schools?

Where will we run when our private schools and homeschools look like our public schools?

Dangers To Homeschoolers2023-11-04T17:35:41-05:00

What are the Dangers to Homeschoolers?

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts AKA School Choice were established in Missouri by the passage of HB349 and SB86. ESA’s allows students to use tax dollars for private and homeschools via MOScholars scholarship accounts. The money is distributed by an an EAO (Educational Assistance Organization).

An EAO is a nonprofit organization that, after approval by the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office, can receive qualified contributions from individuals and businesses to establish MOScholars scholarship accounts for qualified Missouri students.

Rules Written After the Vote

Both bills were passed “Pelosi” style, with the rules being written by the state treasurer after passage. The treasure’s rules subjects homeschool students to:

  • Homeschool Certification – Registration and approval to become a State Certified Homeschool

  • Background Checks – Everyone 18 and older residing in the home must pass a background check
  • Curriculum Approval – Only PRE-APPROVED curriculum permitted
  • Submit Records – Lesson plans, schedules, recorded hours, example of work, etc must all be submitted at the whim of the Treasurer and/or the Educational Assistance Organizations (EAOs)

Approved Curriculum

The list of approved curriculum is not only limiting, but much of it focuses on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional and Behavioral Therapies are both approved under ESA funds. The approved list of vendors offers no religious curriculum and little rigorous curriculum. Walmart Brand, Apple For Education, Amazon and ClassWallet vendors are what you will find on the approved vendor list.

ClassWallet

A digital back account for use with MOScholars school choice program. Student privacy laws are voluntary to ClassWallet, but not mandatory under the MOScholars (ESA) Program. What does this mean? The mandated testing and the databases therein are being sold. They are using the data to monetize our children!

Follow the money. It’s straight out of the Marxist Playbook.

What are the Dangers to Homeschoolers?

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts AKA School Choice were established in Missouri by the passage of HB349 and SB86. ESA’s allows students to use tax dollars for private and homeschools via MOScholars scholarship accounts. The money is distributed by an an EAO (Educational Assistance Organization).

An EAO is a nonprofit organization that, after approval by the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office, can receive qualified contributions from individuals and businesses to establish MOScholars scholarship accounts for qualified Missouri students.

Rules Written After the Vote

Both bills were passed “Pelosi” style, with the rules being written by the state treasurer after passage. The treasure’s rules subjects homeschool students to:

  • Homeschool Certification

Registration and approval to become a State Certified Homeschool

  • Background Checks

Everyone 18 and older residing in the home must pass a background check

  • Curriculum Approval 

Only PRE-APPROVED curriculum permitted

  • Submit Records 

Lesson plans, schedules, recorded hours, example of work, etc must all be submitted at the whim of the Treasurer and/or the Educational Assistance Organizations (EAOs)

Approved Curriculum

The list of approved curriculum is not only limiting, but much of it focuses on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional and Behavioral Therapies are both approved under ESA funds. The approved list of vendors offers no religious curriculum and little rigorous curriculum. Walmart Brand, Apple For Education, Amazon and ClassWallet vendors are what you will find on the approved vendor list.

ClassWallet

A digital back account for use with MOScholars school choice program. Student privacy laws are voluntary to ClassWallet, but not mandatory under the MOScholars (ESA) Program. What does this mean? The mandated testing and the databases therein are being sold. They are using the data to monetize our children!

Follow the money. It’s straight out of the Marxist Playbook.

Join the Movement – Protect MO Ed Freedom

You Can’t Fight Socialism With Socialism

#Operation Opt-Out

Combat ideological subversion

Take back control of your child’s education

Download the all-in-one Opt-Out Template to protect your child from unnecessary SEL, third-party testing, intrusive surveys, school-provided medical services, and harmful presentations.

What is #Operation Opt-Out?2023-12-02T14:12:27-06:00

What is #Operation Opt-Out?

#Operation Opt-Out is an initiative developed to combat ideological subversion being forced on our students by way of a comprehensive opt-out form. Opt YOUR child out of unnecessary SEL, third-party testing, intrusive surveys, and harmful presentations. Say “NO” to school-provided medical services. Demand the privacy of YOUR child in bathrooms and locker rooms be protected.

Each district has their own specific policy and process for opting out, so individual opt-out forms have provided designated forms for all five districts in St. Charles County. We recommend downloading the template designated to YOUR district for best results.

What is #Operation Opt-Out?

#Operation Opt-Out is an initiative developed to combat ideological subversion being forced on our students by way of a comprehensive opt-out form. Opt YOUR child out of unnecessary SEL, third-party testing, intrusive surveys, and harmful presentations. Say “NO” to school-provided medical services. Demand the privacy of YOUR child in bathrooms and locker rooms be protected.

Each district has their own specific policy and process for opting out, so individual opt-out forms have provided designated forms for all five districts in St. Charles County. We recommend downloading the template designated to YOUR district for best results.

Download the Opt-Out Template

Feedback from parents helps us greatly with improving this initiative. Please CONTACT US and share your experience.

Download the Opt-Out Template

Fort Zumwalt

Francis Howell

Orchard Farm

St. Charles

Wentzville

Feedback from parents helps us greatly with improving this initiative. Please CONTACT US and share your experience.

What does the Opt-Out Template Cover?2023-12-02T14:38:17-06:00

What does the Opt-Out Template Cover?

The #Operation Opt-Out template covers following items: 

  • Leader In Me

  • Non-Mandated Social Emotional Learning Programs
  • iReady Testing

  • Data Mining Surveys

  • Chads/Mental Health Presentations
  • Compass Health

  • Bathroom/Locker Room Concerns

*Please Note – We recommend that you opt out each child individually. This template can be customized to fit your family’s needs. Please CONTACT US if you would like this template in a different format to edit.

What’s the Template Cover?

Here’s What The Opt-Out Template Covers: 

  • Leader In Me

  • Non-Mandated SEL Programs

  • iReady Testing

  • Data Mining Surveys

  • Chads/Mental Health Presentations
  • Compass Health

  • Bathroom/Locker Room Concerns

*Please Note – We recommend that you opt out each child individually. This template can be customized to fit your family’s needs. Please CONTACT US if you would like this template in a different format to edit.

What happens if the School Denies My Opt-Out?2023-12-02T15:03:44-06:00

You Opted Out. The District Said No.

Unfortunately, some districts have chosen to deny your right to choose what is best for your family and/or are not providing your child a fair and equal educational experience. From the feedback we’ve received, school districts are either denying parents the option to opt-out of programs that have historically been permitted, or they are segregating children that have opted out, causing them to feel embarrassed or assigning them alternative assignments that feel like punishment to the child.

This is discrimination and should be treated as such.

We believe that the next appropriate step for parents is to file a discrimination complaint. When schools do not honor your religious belief’s, family values, or usurp your parental rights by denying your formal opt out, the issue becomes discrimination, and in some cases even retaliation.

So, Now What?

The appropriate next step in this scenario is to file a discrimination complaint against your district and possibly your superintendent depending on how the situation was handled. In order to this, you will need to download your district’s form below, and return the completed form back to your district’s administration.

You Opted Out. The District Said No.

Unfortunately, some districts have chosen to deny your right to choose what is best for your family and/or are not providing your child a fair and equal educational experience.

From the feedback we’ve received, school districts are either denying parents the option to opt-out of programs that have historically been permitted, or they are segregating children that have opted out, causing them to feel embarrassed or assigning them alternative assignments that feel like punishment to the child.

This is discrimination and should be treated as such. We believe that the next appropriate step for parents is to file a discrimination complaint. When schools do not honor your religious belief’s, family values, or usurp your parental rights by denying your formal opt out, the issue becomes discrimination, and in some cases even retaliation.

So, Now What?

The appropriate next step in this scenario is to file a discrimination complaint against your district and possibly your superintendent depending on how the situation was handled. In order to this, you will need to download your district’s form below, and return the completed form back to your district’s administration.

Connect With Us

Join our Facebook Group

Connect with like-minded individuals all over the state. Get the latest action items. Join the fight!

Contribute To SCCPA

As a nonprofit association, we rely on contributions from fellow patriots, like yourself. Give a little, or give a bunch. Either way, you are helping us continue to fight!

What’s In Your District’s Library?

Districts At A Glance – See What Books Your Child Has Access To. Know What They Are Reading.

Rated Book Totals

Rated 5 –

Aberrant Content

(Adult Only)
0
0
0
0
0
0

Rated 4

No Minors

(No One Under 18)
0
0
0
0
0
0

Rated 3 –

Minor Restricted

(Under 18 Requires Guidance)
0
0
0
0
0
0

Rated 2 –

Teen Guidance

(Not For Children Under 13)
0
0
0
0
0
0

Rated 1 –

Child Guidance

(Not For Very Young Children)
0
0
0
0
0
0

Total Number of Rated Books To Date

Total Number of Books Found In Each Designated St. Charles County School District Library

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream.

It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

Ronald Reagan

Defending children’s education

& American freedom

in the classroom

Because you are the best

advocate for your child.

Welcome to SCC Parents Association

One Nation, Under GOD, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for ALL.

Our Mission

We provide the platform, education, and tools for parents to become the best advocates for their children so that they can hold our public schools accountable. Parent’s are a child’s BEST advocate!

Our Vision

To ensure that students are the number one priority when it comes to school governance and policy, and that the education received in our public schools aligns with our Missouri Constitution which is to preserve the rights and liberties of the people.

#Operation Opt-Out

Combat ideological subversion

#Protect MO Ed Freedom

Just say no to socialism

Join the Fight

Get Involved

SCC Parent Association is a community for parents that want to get more involved in their child’s education and keep a pulse on what’s happening in our schools. There are many ways to get involved. Showing up to a school board meeting, researching agendas, combing the school libraries….

  • Get connected in your community – Join Our FB Group. Connect with like-minded parents
  • Connect with our organization – Subscribe to our mailing list. Tell us your interest. Find your niche.

We need all hands on deck!

#ProtectMOEdFreedom

Join The Movement

$chool Choice is a Trap

Because You Can’t Fight

Socialism With Socialism

Keep big gov out of private & homeschools

“The money follows the child” sounds good in theory… But do not be fooled! The same people that created the problems in public school are now trying to sell the solution which is no solution at all. We must reject and stop the expansion of big government into the private and homeschool sector. Homeschool is our last beacon of freedom. We must protect it at all cost.

What’s “fund students, not systems” REALLY mean?

ESA’s (Empowerment Scholarship Accounts)2023-11-04T15:34:20-05:00

What is an ESA?

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts AKA School Choice were established in Missouri by the passage of HB349 and SB86. ESA’s allows students to use tax dollars for private and homeschools via MOScholars scholarship accounts. The money is distributed by an an EAO (Educational Assistance Organization).

An EAO is a nonprofit organization that, after approval by the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office, can receive qualified contributions from individuals and businesses to establish MOScholars scholarship accounts for qualified Missouri students.

Rules Written After the Vote

Both bills were passed “Pelosi” style, with the rules being written by the state treasurer after passage. The treasure’s rules subjects homeschool students to:

  • Homeschool Certification – Registration and approval to become a State Certified Homeschool

  • Background Checks – Everyone 18 and older residing in the home must pass a background check
  • Curriculum Approval – Only PRE-APPROVED curriculum permitted
  • Submit Records – Lesson plans, schedules, recorded hours, example of work, etc must all be submitted at the whim of the Treasurer and/or the Educational Assistance Organizations (EAOs)

Approved Curriculum

The list of approved curriculum is not only limiting, but much of it focuses on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional and Behavioral Therapies are both approved under ESA funds. The approved list of vendors offers no religious curriculum and little rigorous curriculum. Walmart Brand, Apple For Education, Amazon and ClassWallet vendors are what you will find on the approved vendor list.

ClassWallet

A digital back account for use with MOScholars school choice program. Student privacy laws are voluntary to ClassWallet, but not mandatory under the MOScholars (ESA) Program. What does this mean? The mandated testing and the databases therein are being sold. They are using the data to monetize our children!

Follow the money. It’s straight out of the Marxist Playbook.

What is an ESA?

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts AKA School Choice were established in Missouri by the passage of HB349 and SB86. ESA’s allows students to use tax dollars for private and homeschools via MOScholars scholarship accounts. The money is distributed by an an EAO (Educational Assistance Organization).

An EAO is a nonprofit organization that, after approval by the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office, can receive qualified contributions from individuals and businesses to establish MOScholars scholarship accounts for qualified Missouri students.

Rules Written After the Vote

Both bills were passed “Pelosi” style, with the rules being written by the state treasurer after passage. The treasure’s rules subjects homeschool students to:

  • Homeschool Certification

Registration and approval to become a State Certified Homeschool

  • Background Checks

Everyone 18 and older residing in the home must pass a background check

  • Curriculum Approval 

Only PRE-APPROVED curriculum permitted

  • Submit Records 

Lesson plans, schedules, recorded hours, example of work, etc must all be submitted at the whim of the Treasurer and/or the Educational Assistance Organizations (EAOs)

Approved Curriculum

The list of approved curriculum is not only limiting, but much of it focuses on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional and Behavioral Therapies are both approved under ESA funds. The approved list of vendors offers no religious curriculum and little rigorous curriculum. Walmart Brand, Apple For Education, Amazon and ClassWallet vendors are what you will find on the approved vendor list.

ClassWallet

A digital back account for use with MOScholars school choice program. Student privacy laws are voluntary to ClassWallet, but not mandatory under the MOScholars (ESA) Program. What does this mean? The mandated testing and the databases therein are being sold. They are using the data to monetize our children!

Follow the money. It’s straight out of the Marxist Playbook.

Open Enrollment2023-11-04T17:26:56-05:00

What is Open Enrollment?

Open Enrollment is a public to public option that differs from school choice. It allows the enrollment of a nonresident student in public school districts, creating the illusion of competition.

Competition does not exist in a captured market

Consolidation

Open Enrollment will create consolidation of small and rural schools making other schools larger reducing the balance of power between teacher unions and local citizens.

  • Centralized Power – Consolidated district loses local control, larger district gains power

  • Local Economic Harm – When buildings close, the local communities suffers economically
  • District Overcrowding – Enrollment surges create classroom shortages and transportation issues
  • Budget Cuts – The loss of enrollment leads to tighter budgets creating teacher shortages and limits the ability for the school district to operate

DEI

Last session, Andrew Keonig (SB 5) and Brad Pollitt (HB 253) both introduced open enrollment legislation that implements DEI into public and charter schools. Both pieces of proposed legislation stated that a district will have to create a “model policy” created by the “department”, REGARDLESS if the district partakes in open enrollment.

The “department” is DESE who is the root of the problem. This legislation implements more shackles on public education with bureaucratic bloat for DESE to administer.

Teachers Union Stronghold

We heard a lot about Teacher Union influence on the reopening of schools during the COVID lockdowns. This was their opportunity to strike, inserting the push for open enrollment to increase centralized power of education in the United States.

Rural and small schools are the best defense against unions and special interests. Open Enrollment will force these small schools to close, and the unions will grow.

What is Open Enrollment?

Open Enrollment is a public to public option that differs from school choice. It allows the enrollment of a nonresident student in public school districts, creating the illusion of competition.

Competition does not exist in a captured market

Consolidation

Open Enrollment will create consolidation of small and rural schools making other schools larger reducing the balance of power between teacher unions and local citizens.

  • Local Economic Harm

When buildings close, the local communities suffers economically

  • District Overcrowding 

Enrollment surges create classroom shortages and transportation issues

  • Centralized Power

Consolidated district loses local control, larger district gains power

  • Budget Cuts

The loss of enrollment leads to tighter budgets creating teacher shortages and limits the ability for the school district to operate.

DEI

Last session, Andrew Keonig (SB 5) and Brad Pollitt (HB 253) both introduced open enrollment legislation that implements DEI into public and charter schools. Both pieces of proposed legislation stated that a district will have to create a “model policy” created by the “department”, REGARDLESS if the district partakes in open enrollment.

The “department” is DESE who is the root of the problem. This legislation implements more shackles on public education with bureaucratic bloat for DESE to administer.

Teachers Union Stronghold

We heard a lot about Teacher Union influence on the reopening of schools during the COVID lockdowns. This was their opportunity to strike, inserting the push for open enrollment to increase centralized power of education in the United States.

Rural and small schools are the best defense against unions and special interests. Open Enrollment will force these small schools to close, and the unions will grow.

Unelected MO ESA Board2023-11-04T17:57:20-05:00

Who Governs MO ESA’s?

SB 86 establishes an unelected “Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Board.”

Who is on the Board?

The same bad actors that created the problems in public school are now governing this so called “school choice,” along with the state treasurer, whom wrote the rules after the bill’s passage. Does this really seem like “choice” to you? What reason would we have to believe that they are going to do any better governing the private and homeschool sector after seeing what damage they have done in the public schools?

Where will we run when our private schools and homeschools look like our public schools?

Who Governs MO ESA’s?

SB 86 establishes an unelected “Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Board.”

Who is on the Board?

The same bad actors that created the problems in public school are now governing this so called “school choice,” along with the state treasurer, whom wrote the rules after the bill’s passage. Does this really seem like “choice” to you? What reason would we have to believe that they are going to do any better governing the private and homeschool sector after seeing what damage they have done in the public schools?

Where will we run when our private schools and homeschools look like our public schools?

Dangers To Homeschoolers2023-11-04T17:35:41-05:00

What are the Dangers to Homeschoolers?

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts AKA School Choice were established in Missouri by the passage of HB349 and SB86. ESA’s allows students to use tax dollars for private and homeschools via MOScholars scholarship accounts. The money is distributed by an an EAO (Educational Assistance Organization).

An EAO is a nonprofit organization that, after approval by the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office, can receive qualified contributions from individuals and businesses to establish MOScholars scholarship accounts for qualified Missouri students.

Rules Written After the Vote

Both bills were passed “Pelosi” style, with the rules being written by the state treasurer after passage. The treasure’s rules subjects homeschool students to:

  • Homeschool Certification – Registration and approval to become a State Certified Homeschool

  • Background Checks – Everyone 18 and older residing in the home must pass a background check
  • Curriculum Approval – Only PRE-APPROVED curriculum permitted
  • Submit Records – Lesson plans, schedules, recorded hours, example of work, etc must all be submitted at the whim of the Treasurer and/or the Educational Assistance Organizations (EAOs)

Approved Curriculum

The list of approved curriculum is not only limiting, but much of it focuses on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional and Behavioral Therapies are both approved under ESA funds. The approved list of vendors offers no religious curriculum and little rigorous curriculum. Walmart Brand, Apple For Education, Amazon and ClassWallet vendors are what you will find on the approved vendor list.

ClassWallet

A digital back account for use with MOScholars school choice program. Student privacy laws are voluntary to ClassWallet, but not mandatory under the MOScholars (ESA) Program. What does this mean? The mandated testing and the databases therein are being sold. They are using the data to monetize our children!

Follow the money. It’s straight out of the Marxist Playbook.

What are the Dangers to Homeschoolers?

Empowerment Scholarship Accounts AKA School Choice were established in Missouri by the passage of HB349 and SB86. ESA’s allows students to use tax dollars for private and homeschools via MOScholars scholarship accounts. The money is distributed by an an EAO (Educational Assistance Organization).

An EAO is a nonprofit organization that, after approval by the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office, can receive qualified contributions from individuals and businesses to establish MOScholars scholarship accounts for qualified Missouri students.

Rules Written After the Vote

Both bills were passed “Pelosi” style, with the rules being written by the state treasurer after passage. The treasure’s rules subjects homeschool students to:

  • Homeschool Certification

Registration and approval to become a State Certified Homeschool

  • Background Checks

Everyone 18 and older residing in the home must pass a background check

  • Curriculum Approval 

Only PRE-APPROVED curriculum permitted

  • Submit Records 

Lesson plans, schedules, recorded hours, example of work, etc must all be submitted at the whim of the Treasurer and/or the Educational Assistance Organizations (EAOs)

Approved Curriculum

The list of approved curriculum is not only limiting, but much of it focuses on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional and Behavioral Therapies are both approved under ESA funds. The approved list of vendors offers no religious curriculum and little rigorous curriculum. Walmart Brand, Apple For Education, Amazon and ClassWallet vendors are what you will find on the approved vendor list.

ClassWallet

A digital back account for use with MOScholars school choice program. Student privacy laws are voluntary to ClassWallet, but not mandatory under the MOScholars (ESA) Program. What does this mean? The mandated testing and the databases therein are being sold. They are using the data to monetize our children!

Follow the money. It’s straight out of the Marxist Playbook.

#Operation Opt-Out

Combat ideological subversion

Opt Out of EVERYTHING

Take back control of your child’s education

Download the all-in-one Opt-Out Template to protect your child from unnecessary SEL, third-party testing, intrusive surveys, school-provided medical services, and harmful presentations.

What is #Operation Opt-Out?2023-12-02T14:12:27-06:00

What is #Operation Opt-Out?

#Operation Opt-Out is an initiative developed to combat ideological subversion being forced on our students by way of a comprehensive opt-out form. Opt YOUR child out of unnecessary SEL, third-party testing, intrusive surveys, and harmful presentations. Say “NO” to school-provided medical services. Demand the privacy of YOUR child in bathrooms and locker rooms be protected.

Each district has their own specific policy and process for opting out, so individual opt-out forms have provided designated forms for all five districts in St. Charles County. We recommend downloading the template designated to YOUR district for best results.

What is #Operation Opt-Out?

#Operation Opt-Out is an initiative developed to combat ideological subversion being forced on our students by way of a comprehensive opt-out form. Opt YOUR child out of unnecessary SEL, third-party testing, intrusive surveys, and harmful presentations. Say “NO” to school-provided medical services. Demand the privacy of YOUR child in bathrooms and locker rooms be protected.

Each district has their own specific policy and process for opting out, so individual opt-out forms have provided designated forms for all five districts in St. Charles County. We recommend downloading the template designated to YOUR district for best results.

Download the Opt-Out Template

Feedback from parents helps us greatly with improving this initiative. Please CONTACT US and share your experience.

Download the Opt-Out Template

Fort Zumwalt

Francis Howell

Orchard Farm

St. Charles

Wentzville

Feedback from parents helps us greatly with improving this initiative. Please CONTACT US and share your experience.

What does the Opt-Out Template Cover?2023-12-02T14:38:17-06:00

What does the Opt-Out Template Cover?

The #Operation Opt-Out template covers following items: 

  • Leader In Me

  • Non-Mandated Social Emotional Learning Programs
  • iReady Testing

  • Data Mining Surveys

  • Chads/Mental Health Presentations
  • Compass Health

  • Bathroom/Locker Room Concerns

*Please Note – We recommend that you opt out each child individually. This template can be customized to fit your family’s needs. Please CONTACT US if you would like this template in a different format to edit.

What’s the Template Cover?

Here’s What The Opt-Out Template Covers: 

  • Leader In Me

  • Non-Mandated SEL Programs

  • iReady Testing

  • Data Mining Surveys

  • Chads/Mental Health Presentations
  • Compass Health

  • Bathroom/Locker Room Concerns

*Please Note – We recommend that you opt out each child individually. This template can be customized to fit your family’s needs. Please CONTACT US if you would like this template in a different format to edit.

What happens if the School Denies My Opt-Out?2023-12-02T15:03:44-06:00

You Opted Out. The District Said No.

Unfortunately, some districts have chosen to deny your right to choose what is best for your family and/or are not providing your child a fair and equal educational experience. From the feedback we’ve received, school districts are either denying parents the option to opt-out of programs that have historically been permitted, or they are segregating children that have opted out, causing them to feel embarrassed or assigning them alternative assignments that feel like punishment to the child.

This is discrimination and should be treated as such.

We believe that the next appropriate step for parents is to file a discrimination complaint. When schools do not honor your religious belief’s, family values, or usurp your parental rights by denying your formal opt out, the issue becomes discrimination, and in some cases even retaliation.

So, Now What?

The appropriate next step in this scenario is to file a discrimination complaint against your district and possibly your superintendent depending on how the situation was handled. In order to this, you will need to download your district’s form below, and return the completed form back to your district’s administration.

You Opted Out. The District Said No.

Unfortunately, some districts have chosen to deny your right to choose what is best for your family and/or are not providing your child a fair and equal educational experience.

From the feedback we’ve received, school districts are either denying parents the option to opt-out of programs that have historically been permitted, or they are segregating children that have opted out, causing them to feel embarrassed or assigning them alternative assignments that feel like punishment to the child.

This is discrimination and should be treated as such. We believe that the next appropriate step for parents is to file a discrimination complaint. When schools do not honor your religious belief’s, family values, or usurp your parental rights by denying your formal opt out, the issue becomes discrimination, and in some cases even retaliation.

So, Now What?

The appropriate next step in this scenario is to file a discrimination complaint against your district and possibly your superintendent depending on how the situation was handled. In order to this, you will need to download your district’s form below, and return the completed form back to your district’s administration.

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Districts At A Glance

Rated 5 – Aberrant Content (Adult Only)

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Rated 4 – No Minors (No One Under 18)

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Rated 2 – Teen Guidance (May Not Be Appropriate for Under 13)

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Rated 1 – Child Guidance (May Not Be Appropriate for Young Children)

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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children

in the bloodstream.

It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

– RONALD REAGAN