Notarfrancesco: Pueblo D70 Schools handed kids’ emotional data to political NGOs without parental consent
By Kelly Notarfrancesco | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
It is said there is no such thing as a free lunch. One small school district in Pueblo, Colorado, recently learned that a free lunch can be served with a side of community outrage.
When the Pueblo D70 Board of Education unanimously voted in March of 2024 to “accept” a significant in-kind gift of $700,000 from the organization TRAILS (Transforming Research into Action to Improve the Lives of Students), did they realize what they were implementing in district classrooms?
D70 accepted a “gift” of controversial psychosocial educational content, financed and promoted by multi-million-dollar non-governmental organizations dedicated to transforming the world through social change.
The...