As district leaders consider how to use the latest round of federal stimulus funding, students, parents, and educators are calling for more mental health resources and concrete plans to hire additional permanent staff, such as counselors and social workers.
Melody Barham is Student Services Manager at Stax Music Academy.
Children and adolescents have especially struggled to adapt to the adjustments necessary for survival during this precarious time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Across the United States and throughout the world, youth have become increasingly affected by depression, anxiety, and grief as a result of isolation and a reduction in structure and routine.
Although it appears we may be nearing some sense of normalcy, children continue to exhibit signs of distress and loneliness. Nothing has been more clear than the need to assist our most vulnerable by finding methods to create stability that is currently missing.
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A version of this essay originally appeared on the GreatSchools blog, part of its Crisis Innovations series. Before the pandemic forced a remote reset to our education system, college counseling in high school often meant face-to-face encounters. Students crammed for the SAT in lunchtime classes or dropped by their counselor’s office for impromptu guidance. Parents […]
With the state set to relax COVID-19 restrictions in May, this year s class will get the traditional ceremonial send off albeit with some modifications. Superintendent Joseph Curtis on Wednesday told the School Committee that the district plans to hold its graduation ceremonies outdoors without capacity limits and with masking requirements. Both high school ceremonies are set for Sunday, June 6. Taconic will be at 11 a.m. and PHS at 4 p.m. Both ceremonies will be held at the schools and will continue rain or shine, Curtis said. PHS has normally been held at Tanglewood but the music venue reportedly will not host any graduations this year.