A small Silicon Valley school district approved $189,000 for a taxpayer-funded “energy healer” in May despite tight budgeting, which has resulted in cuts to elective classes and understaffing.
Mountain View Whisman School District hired the energy healer to “help leaders manage and reduce daily stress levels that negatively impact their wellbeing and therefore their effectiveness in role,” according to the contract. The district has paid the energy healer more than $315,000 over three years, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
“It’s mind-boggling,” one parent, who chose to remain anonymous, told the Chronicle. “We’re so angry here.”
Parents of children within the district discovered the spending in a review of the district’s finances in the spring after it revealed it would cut some elective middle school classes, according to the Chronicle. The district’s budget also included $180,000 to a D.C. public relations firm and another $600,000 annually for leadership coaching.
The energy healer is meant to facilitate “spiritual development and awakening” and uses “sacred geometry to do chakra clearing and alignment and to perform energy healing on the spiritual, physical and emotional levels,” according to her website. […]
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