Fact vs. Fiction: Avon District Leaders Are Being Sneaky
“Avon district leaders are being sneaky. They hid an important video from the community.”
Don’t believe the chatter. Avon Schools has published all videos, meetings, updates, FAQ and communications to their website, avon-schools.org/referendum.
The leaders at Avon Schools operate with full transparency because they know there is no other way to gain and retain the community’s trust.
There are no secretive deals being made, no meetings in dimly-lit rooms, and no hiding or re-casting the facts. The leaders at Avon Schools operate with full transparency because they realize there is no other way to gain and retain the community’s trust.
Whenever there is critical information to share — like the announcement of the Board’s discussions about pursuing a Referendum Renewal — district leaders disseminate information to the following groups, using the following tools, in the following order:
District employees — via email or the ParentSquare app
District parents/guardians — via the ParentSquare app
Community — through district website, newsletters, and social media
So, why all the chatter about a secret, hidden video? Here’s the timeline for communication about the Referendum Renewal and the video in question:
June 9, 7:00 pm: The Avon Board of School Trustees held a public meeting where they had initial discussions about pursuing the Renewal in November, 2025.
June 9, 9:32 pm: Dr. Wyndham emailed ACSC staff to bring them up to speed on the Board’s discussion.
June 9, 11:30 pm: A video of Dr. Wyndham explaining the discussion and next steps was published to the ACSC website along with a full transcript. The video was hosted on YouTube (see below for the nerdy technical explanation) and embedded on the ACSC website.
June 10, 7:45 am: The video — along with the full transcript and a link to the website — was sent to Avon parents and guardians via ParentSquare.
June 10, 8:05 am: The same video was sent to the community via a special edition of the district’s Oriole Blast e-newsletter along with a recording of the previous night’s Board presentation, an invitation to attend community input sessions, and a link to a survey in which more than 800 community members ended up participating. (The Board reviewed this feedback in advance of their June 23 public meeting.)
That doesn’t sound very secretive to me. Why such a long post about the topic, then?
When there’s chatter questioning the integrity of our school leaders or the transparency of this process, we feel obliged to speak up. Look a little closer and you realize that fiction doesn’t stand up to fact. If you haven’t caught them, there are a number of other Fact vs. Fiction posts on this website. Check them out.
Technical Info About Posting to YouTube
As happens with other targeted messages, the video of Dr. Wyndham was set to ‘unlisted’ instead of ‘public’ when it was published on YouTube. For those unfamiliar with the publisher side of the platform, this means the video would be viewable anywhere it was embedded — in this case, on the Avon Schools website — or anywhere the link was shared, but it couldn’t be found by just anyone searching for it on YouTube. In other words — not-so-hypothetically — if a parent, guardian, or community member were to receive a school communication and then email their favorite local radio host about it, that host wouldn’t be able to find the video doing a simple YouTube search. In the meantime, it was available on the district website.