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Anonymous wrote:I just got this today, and feel better hearing others reactions.

I'm still pretty pissed off that this information is of record. (I really don't want this private mental health information to be used by teachers or others.)

We got ours in the mail today too.

Dh and I were laughing hysterically. It's so over the top arbitrary and dumb. "Strengths 1-5"? Really?
I don't even know what that means.

It's like saying 2 + 2 = triangle. What?!

Such a waste of time and money. So typical.

My DH and I (and our 17 yr old) were also laughing hysterically over this! So utterly useless and absurd.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish schools would incorporate social skills and social emotional lessons into the curriculum. Those are critical life skills. Instead, they waste money on collecting this data and then nothing.

Oh MY GOD! THey do! They waste a TON of time on this! My dd's teacher spent THIRTY FULL MINUTES every virtual school day on Positivity Project Schleck. More instructional time then for real subjects. Its ridiculous.

Yep. In high school, it’s an actual period/block. That’s where they administer this and all the other idiotic surveys my kids have gotten this year. Unreal how much time these buffoons waste. So happy to be almost done with FCPS.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish schools would incorporate social skills and social emotional lessons into the curriculum. Those are critical life skills. Instead, they waste money on collecting this data and then nothing.

This is the parents' job.

+100

Anonymous wrote:My kid said the school told them it was anonymous. He’s pissed the answers were mailed to us.

None of this is anonymous.

The information is linked to your kid and your kid's survey answers plus identifying information is passed to this private company.

I believe they get your kids last name, student number, school, grade, age and town.

I researched this company extensively when fcps signed the contract and was very unhappy with what I found.

I don't have my notes from last fall when this went public, but I think the above list is the information that go3s directly to this company.

And FWIW, you need to let your kid know that none of the surveys he takes on a school has computer is anonymous.

All of these surveys are linked directly back to his computer and student ID.

Anonymous wrote:I honestly have never been so fuming over a survey. Wtf do you do with this info. The how to talk to your child info was ridiculous. Trust me I want the brutal truth and care about my dc’s mental health , but honestly what do you do with an area deemed not a strength…ugh

This wasn't about mental health.

This is about data mining your kid.

Anonymous wrote:I just got this today, and feel better hearing others reactions.

I'm still pretty pissed off that this information is of record. (I really don't want this private mental health information to be used by teachers or others.)

This information along with identifying information about your minor kid was given to the private, facebook linked, data mining cloaked as a wellness program private company.

Demand that your minor child's information be purged from this company and insist that your kid not longer participate in a single survey.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish schools would incorporate social skills and social emotional lessons into the curriculum. Those are critical life skills. Instead, they waste money on collecting this data and then nothing.

Oh MY GOD! THey do! They waste a TON of time on this! My dd's teacher spent THIRTY FULL MINUTES every virtual school day on Positivity Project Schleck. More instructional time then for real subjects. Its ridiculous.

At the elementary school level they could fix a lot of this by more recess, more art, better reading and better math instruction.

Anonymous wrote:Did someone secretly make a fortune off this? What the heck was the point of spending millions of dollars on this steaming pile of garbage? Its not even a scientific/data driven type questionnaire that tells us how students actually are feeling---its just a report based on how the kids answered the questions. Think of all the tutors they could have paid for instead of this pointless shite.

The purpose of this SEL survey is data mining of our kids.

They have your kids info and were granted FERPA, but they are not eligible for FOIA requests and accountability.

The company also has links to Facebook.

Given the nature of the questions and the long term tracking and data mining of your minor children that FCPS agreed to on your behalf, every last parent should demand that their kids are opted out and their data purged.

This monetizing of our kids should never have been allowed.

I hope that the new administration does something about situations like this.

Private companies should never have this much and this kind of access to our kids without informed parental consent. The SEL survey should be opt in, not opt out.

I looked up the questions and there's no way my third grader understood any of them. On the up side, the only 5 she got was the importance of school

Anonymous wrote:I just got this today, and feel better hearing others reactions.

I'm still pretty pissed off that this information is of record. (I really don't want this private mental health information to be used by teachers or others.)

We got ours in the mail today too.

Dh and I were laughing hysterically. It's so over the top arbitrary and dumb. "Strengths 1-5"? Really?
I don't even know what that means.

It's like saying 2 + 2 = triangle. What?!

Such a waste of time and money. So typical.

My kid said the school told them it was anonymous. He’s pissed the answers were mailed to us.

Anonymous wrote:When/how/where did you get a report on the SEL screener? I haven't seen this yet.

Came on paper in the mail.

Anonymous wrote:I wish schools would incorporate social skills and social emotional lessons into the curriculum. Those are critical life skills. Instead, they waste money on collecting this data and then nothing.

At least in middle and high school, they spend a ton of time on SEL in their homeroom classes. This is where they talk about race, equity, BLM, privilege, etc. I'd been hearing about it from my kids for the last couple of years but overheard lessons when they were virtual.

Anonymous wrote:I honestly have never been so fuming over a survey. Wtf do you do with this info. The how to talk to your child info was ridiculous. Trust me I want the brutal truth and care about my dc’s mental health , but honestly what do you do with an area deemed not a strength…ugh

Meh.

Especially when the area deemed not a strength is connection to school…