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Publishing the political decision making by Webster Groves SD as it hemorrhages staff & students. Send your experiences: wgsdtransparency@gmail.com
Sep 8, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Propagandists from @WebsterGrovesSD claim that WGHS is top 5% in MO when the math shows top 7.5% (34 of 455).

18th percentile nationally.

Also claims 96.4% grad rate when 93% is the reported percentage, putting WGSD in the bottom half of Missouri High Schools (253 of 455).


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Statewide ranking of @WebsterGrovesSD’s closest peers?

Ladue (3), Clayton (4), Kirkwood (5), Maplewood (20), Rockwood (22), Lindbergh (25).

Kirkwood HS is 5th in the state and 503 nationally, putting them in the top 3% of schools.

And a 98% grad rate, 5 points better than WGSD


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Jul 20, 2023 10 tweets 4 min read
🚨 THREAD:
@WebsterGrovesSD fails district families on PanoramaEd SEL platform; 100 students opted out but WGSD continues sending all data!

They claim opt out only covers surveys, not the demographic data including name, DOB, IEP, and FRL. They say FERPA privacy act allows it. Also revealed: @WebsterGrovesSD intends to use Panorama for additional SEL surveys (video). #wgbuzz

Teachers can ask students “Check-in” questions like:

“Do you need to talk with an adult from school about how you’re feeling?”

“What emotion are you feeling most today?” https://t.co/8poaZAZNPctwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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May 12, 2023 5 tweets 5 min read
A “children’s” book called “The Power Book” is used as a tool in @WebsterGrovesSD curriculum encouraging all seconds graders to challenge societal power structures.

They teach that Trayvon Martin was murdered by a racist police officer because he was black #wgbuzz ImageImageImageImage This is false. Trayvon Martin was not murdered by a police officer.

From Wikipedia:
Trayvon “was fatally shot … by George Zimmerman, a 28-year old Hispanic American.”

What motivates a #publicschool to leverage a book with a blatantly false story and such bias against police? ImageImage
Feb 18, 2023 13 tweets 9 min read
The 7 Board of Education directors in @WebsterGrovesSD vote as a unit, and in lockstep with the @WGSD_Supt

What influences their decision making? Without diversity of opinion, are we sure that the best decisions are being made?

Their handling of SB 775 gives us some insights Image #moleg bill 2022 SB 775 seeks to keep sexually explicit materials out of public schools, defined as pictorial representations of sexual intercourse, direct physical stimulation of genitals, or sadomasochistic abuse.

@WebsterGrovesSD removed several books meeting this criteria: Image