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Administrators said the district first adopted a naloxone policy in 2017 in response to concerns about opioid overdoses and that the policy has been updated periodically. The recommended revision updates the policy number to PSBA’s numbering scheme, incorporates PSBA language for definitions and guidelines, and clarifies that naloxone is present in district buildings for emergency response. Staff told the committee that naloxone is currently available in middle and high schools and that school nurses receive annual training for administration; they also said the medication is provided as a nasal spray and is safe for use if an individual has ingested an opioid—administrators emphasized that naloxone will not harm a person who has not ingested opioids.

Administrators asked whether naloxone should be supplied in all district buildings and said they will study extending the supply beyond the middle and high schools. The committee discussed training, legal liability language and plan timing; the district’s administrative staff confirmed that the proposed policy change is substantive and requires the two readings and that the revised PSBA-format policy will replace the existing district policy number once adopted.

Provenance: The naloxone policy item was discussed during the committee’s policy-review agenda item (transcript excerpt: \"We had to change we originally had this policy under... PSBA has this number as 08/23 for this particular topic... We put that policy into place originally in 2017...\").","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Curriculum Committee of The Board/Community Relations & Student Life (04.07.2025)","oneSentenceSummary","District administrators said April 7 they will present a PSBA-format revision of the district naloxone (Narcan) policy for first reading in April and a second reading and adoption in May 2025.","taxTitle","Colonial SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",38636,"location","Pennsylvania","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6611732,"High-school counselors propose switching from Naviance to SCORE for college and career advising",100,3344000,3444000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2892986-f9dbba2095ebff0c3afe0e82a7830e4a&start=3344&end=3444","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2892986-f9dbba2095ebff0c3afe0e82a7830e4a/thumbnail_3344000.jpg","/articles/6611732/Pennsylvania/High-school-counselors-propose-switching-from-Naviance-to-SCORE-for-college-and-career-advising","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6611732-cc9dc8a59a57acd3b17f8a958df853ec/orig.mp4?Expires=1770549409&Signature=UYc6BGla3Jl8mlCsJjhC8gBX5YmXoh92HgUOP-ao-gh7AeSbwLiwIN5R3Nb93RaPZ2FT1-Mv4Nr4ssyQ9bSBeqmWTHAl22G1ZLoZ-GrQCi8mP3v3dBAyZ-bMj-PFjZEhfbHLuUt9KpkNyqqrqOsj2BhLR~VTDkPwvmi2awwyqaTEMP4Ch6lBYw7IBGUyoPPeH1J4UZtVwQD3gOmhOuWwtBKkUCPuQXDMzPSw25w4aNUjwHNRYc4a54JroO0EOir-cdwuKyA6L40YO5j2lyO-ytTZrP2MqqbDYSDUaS3V4I5Fh2cNtC8HsYI-z-03quy1PnjOLrFIaYvEb7YYTjSNVQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Beth Lynch, Colonial High School’s college counselor, proposed that the district replace Naviance with SCORE, a college- and career-counseling platform, and described a phased migration plan if the Board approves the change.

Lynch told the Curriculum Committee on April 7 that SCORE (spelled S-C-O-I-R in some vendor materials) is locally based, offers a more mobile-friendly student interface and provides counselor-facing dashboards designed to reduce time spent on administrative tasks such as transcript requests, teacher-recommendation tracking and application-document delivery. Lynch said SCORE includes optional AI-driven predictive “chance” features, scattergram-like historical admit/deny visualization and a mobile app that she and colleagues expect will increase student engagement earlier in high school.

Counselors described a timeline that would move juniors onto SCORE first: train staff and migrate data during spring and summer, train rising seniors and families in April–May, and onboard additional grades in the fall. Lynch said SCORE offers a free trial period for the district to migrate data and evaluate the product; a vendor representative has conducted a demo for the counseling department and provided follow-up support while the district considers the change.

Lynch said SCORE’s pricing is lower per student than Naviance and that SCORE offers a 50% discount for students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. She noted SCORE’s recent announcement of integration with the Common Application and said the vendor has experience importing prior Naviance data without material problems in neighboring districts that have already switched. Counselors said they plan to keep Naviance through the July contract expiration while migrating student records to SCORE.

The committee discussed logistics including teacher recommendation workflows, transcript delivery and the potential to include middle-school (grades 6–8) career resources. Counselors said SCORE can accommodate career and technical-education pathways, community colleges, military options and non–four-year pathways in the same platform.

Provenance: The SCORE proposal and demo screenshots were presented during the counseling platform agenda item (transcript excerpt: \"I'm here because, we are proposing to use a new career and counseling plat a college counseling platform called Score...\").","Beth Lynch, Colonial High School’s college counselor, proposed that the district replace Naviance with SCORE, a college- and career-counseling platform, saying it offers a more modern interface, lower cost and tools that could free counselors for more student-facing work.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6611728,"Colonial SD reports equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives; district responds to antisemitic graffiti",165,4781000,4946000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2892986-f9dbba2095ebff0c3afe0e82a7830e4a&start=4781&end=4946","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2892986-f9dbba2095ebff0c3afe0e82a7830e4a/thumbnail_4781000.jpg","/articles/6611728/Pennsylvania/Colonial-SD-reports-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-initiatives-district-responds-to-antisemitic-graffiti","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6611728-ebc1f3a8818d08a796ab7846a44ae173/orig.mp4?Expires=1770549409&Signature=eOKISJbjHYFTNCOPEQSGdoGHKnoTUSyQ5ETp4gUZGsfX9C3CGAAW4TDk-8hRIi6pMJIk6Hi2C8MzG4SwtiirnpqFpsP~8oKdhSTf5A9e8HOy1j8UyE3~pwW-Ae3erIa-Iw89~2AfuHc4LFmGd~ctGRdFG6yhBmL3bXgRUVKGQFus-V4GpkYOSRfV5TGQ07YfdK2dYfdRQCpDd8e2EzshVjs4LgdcIxr1qg-g09strImU1F6-neItJyLHzrRT6WjYK5zsM7urT7LmFYPyHVFveen-e22X1kzg31iUtQHTVZOuni-4qzVWo-62jn1E3P-XCTKOvDwgnw-JpcHg7gK0Sg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District officials reported on April 7 that Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (EIB) work continues across Colonial School District schools and that student leadership and district initiatives will continue after a recent antisemitic graffiti incident being investigated by the district.

EIB staff described ongoing student EIB meetings, participation in county initiatives such as Dreaming Forward and Voices for Education, the Psychological Sense of School Membership (PSSM) survey, and a student leadership forum with the University of Pennsylvania. Staff said the district’s students recently presented at community events, supported family workshops and participated in cultural events such as an Iftar at the Norristown Islamic Society.

Following a March incident in which antisemitic graffiti and a racial slur were found on a bathroom wall, district leaders said they are investigating and believe, at this stage, the incident involves a single student. District officials said they have met with student leaders in the Black Culture Alliance and Jewish Student Union; student leaders proposed community-building responses such as assemblies and unity walks. The district said it has reached out to interfaith community leaders to arrange follow-up conversations that will include student leaders and will continue to provide opportunities for students and families to share concerns.

EIB presenters said the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) contacted district officials and expressed appreciation for district communications after the incident. District leaders said they will compile and provide the board a list of proactive EIB activities the district is conducting so the board has a reference for ongoing efforts.

Provenance: EIB updates and the March incident were discussed in the committee’s EIB agenda item (transcript excerpt: \"We have ongoing student EIB meetings... we recently... participated in our fifth cycle of PSSM...\").","District officials reported on April 7 that Equity, Inclusion and Belonging work continues across Colonial School District schools and that student leadership and district initiatives will continue after a recent antisemitic graffiti incident now under investigation.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6611743,"Colonial SD plans controlled pilot of Magic School AI tool in middle and high schools",1493,797000,2290000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2892986-f9dbba2095ebff0c3afe0e82a7830e4a&start=797&end=2290","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2892986-f9dbba2095ebff0c3afe0e82a7830e4a/thumbnail_797000.jpg","/articles/6611743/Pennsylvania/Colonial-SD-plans-controlled-pilot-of-Magic-School-AI-tool-in-middle-and-high-schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6611743-8141f3175273a516cdd96fc7804da13b/orig.mp4?Expires=1770549409&Signature=N6heVvJtttZAu0TY9~6CQEIadT4Q9vJIksb6S3j54XP5eYWdYuKOtwiVlP-KL0x8dhinD75l~TQ4LYA1ZUrMIwDIN~fstrG5sEXhEEOS9ZvaWoiZckzlZ5Ex5T~G3YCOUVk6qZc6ZaBnuDsyj2TA2vawCjAD-tRyMQFiS-XzJCpM2RRdJ5kMOyic6cw6GY8dZe-MSMv-Hq1lp90dS0tEdUXV78Eqt2c~P4AN6T4bGr5Oz5sx7DpULW5KidkDM3r2HO7g~nqPRoD4h-48S-1ZQeGT9agzBR76vwabemmv4U0XZRcAWeGJa~lz2ooSm7HqSQDzxDa6A4eh0UFEcHJ7sw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Colonial School District staff told the Curriculum Committee on April 7 that the district will begin a closely supervised pilot of the Magic School artificial-intelligence platform with selected middle- and high-school classrooms in May and June.

The pilot is intended to test teacher and student uses of AI within existing curriculum, collect pre- and post-pilot surveys and inform professional learning for a wider rollout next school year. District leaders said the pilot will use free trial access to Magic School’s paid features and be limited to think-tank teachers and teacher volunteers at each building.

District presenters described the pilot as a next step after work that began with an AI steering committee formed in October 2024, a district AI policy and an updated acceptable-use policy approved in November 2024, and a February 13 professional-development day that introduced AI concepts to staff. Presenters told the committee that the steering committee and teacher think-tanks helped design professional learning and resource pages and that many teachers reported positive feedback from February training.

At the middle school, the pilot will start in ELA and history classrooms taught by staff who are members of the district’s think tank; those classes include the full cohort of students at that grade level so special-education and English-learner students will be represented, the district said. At the high school the district expects two to four teachers to participate. Teachers and administrators who planned the pilot emphasized that lessons will be designed to pair disciplinary instruction with lessons about ethical and appropriate AI use. Parents will be notified before students use the tools and offered an opt-out alternative.

District staff described Magic School’s features they considered important: FERPA and COPPA compliance, data-safety commitments, a range of tools for different subjects and built-in teacher/administrator supports. Staff said Magic School allows teachers to tailor outputs (for example, producing student-facing material at a lower reading level or prompting the tool to require students to respond with an open-ended question), and that the platform includes teacher-facing prompts that help ensure lesson plans reflect universal-design and differentiation practices.

Staff also flagged concerns and next steps the district plans to study during the pilot: which tools will meet district policy and terms-of-service requirements; whether to purchase district licenses for particular products or to rely on a single integrated platform to avoid buying many different subscriptions; the need for sandbox time and paid-version access during evaluation; and protocols for preventing misuse, plagiarism and factual errors.

Teachers who took part in February professional development asked for additional sandbox time, models of student use in classrooms and guidance about which paid features are worth procuring, staff said. District presenters told the committee that Magic School has offered a free trial of paid features for the pilot period and that the district intends to assess teacher and student experiences before proposing any larger purchase.

District leaders said the pilot will include pre- and post-pilot student surveys to measure AI literacy and student comfort, and that those data will inform professional learning in August and a possible broader student rollout. The committee discussed communications to families, including translating materials into families’ preferred languages and offering demonstrations at back-to-school or parent nights.

Speakers and staff emphasized the district will proceed deliberately rather than immediately expanding student access, and that elementary classrooms will continue a more cautious approach focused on teacher use and scaffolding digital citizenship until appropriate age-level expectations are in place.

Provenance: The committee was first introduced to the AI update during opening remarks about the AI roadmap and professional development (transcript excerpt: \"Good evening everyone, and yes, welcome to April's Curriculum Committee of the Board meeting... we are revisiting where we are and where we have been so far\"), and presenters described pilot timing and Magic School features later in the presentation (transcript excerpt: \"we are hoping to pilot at both CMS, May and June with those, free licenses from Magic Schools\").","Colonial School District staff told the Curriculum Committee on April 7 that the district will begin a closely supervised pilot of the Magic School artificial-intelligence platform with selected middle- and high-school classrooms in May and June.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6611738,"Colonial SD outlines curriculum-cycle progress, new standards review and summer writing tasks",187,2589000,2776000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2892986-f9dbba2095ebff0c3afe0e82a7830e4a&start=2589&end=2776","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2892986-f9dbba2095ebff0c3afe0e82a7830e4a/thumbnail_2589000.jpg","/articles/6611738/Pennsylvania/Colonial-SD-outlines-curriculum-cycle-progress-new-standards-review-and-summer-writing-tasks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6611738-d537d73c439ccd2045cf804a229a7daf/orig.mp4?Expires=1770549409&Signature=E1zihxGyVB3KAv1CaNSCsftV6keuF-7dh2tU-dPIXFluaUTfO8oKu7L75MhpCyZUINo2AjXKYwOdzA0bYRe-nR2jaLz0IhokcMd-zQ5N15Wbn2LOwMmt48HofB70lPwLzGK6QYphoBwMXT-k0K1c4m2SyT~nEUVAQ1eFMINaAoGoIUCok48bRRbAy75w8QkWsdEGanJ57A2XNsgbWqbGf1hjItaK9q3jlyA-hNrKu-ccxA7JpWavRogE9PS-3F4gcyfm2vzOnBpeIDfmoCpHhOKZQx~32rB2NE89tSc7Ethmw39VexnKKj8G2XQ7viAf1jVXsDRy9BlP8wtMF165sg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District curriculum leaders told the Curriculum Committee on April 7 that work on the district’s four-stage curriculum cycle continues across multiple subject areas, with research, resource selection and implementation scheduled through the summer and into the 2025–26 school year.

Administrators described the district’s curriculum cycle as four stages — research, curriculum development, initial implementation and ongoing evaluation — and said a stage does not always equal a single year: some work takes place over a semester or across multiple years, depending on scope and resource timelines.

Science: K–5 science is aligned to the state’s updated standards, the district said. Physics and chemistry were in implementation after being addressed in stage 2 last year, and a 6–8 resource search is underway with plans to present options to the board next committee meeting. Biology is in stage 1 research because the Keystone test specifications are not yet final; the district said it will evaluate resources next year once publishers release books aligned to the new standards.

Mathematics: K–8 math is in a multi-year transition to a single resource; the district aims to have K–8 on a consistent cycle by the 2026–27 school year. High-school math remains in a maintenance stage while K–8 adoption proceeds.

Humanities and world languages: Sixth-grade English and middle-grade history and French are in stage 1 work to ensure vertical articulation and skills alignment; world history (now ninth grade) and U.S. history (now eleventh grade) are in stage 2 after earlier course resequencing. Teachers are examining thematic sequencing and standards alignment and planning writing supports such as document-based questions in history to share the writing load across disciplines.

Other areas: Health, physical education and music were described as beginning stage-1 alignment work. Family and consumer sciences and personal finance are under review because new personal-finance standards are being phased in as part of state graduation requirements; the district plans research next year and curriculum writing the following summer.

Presenters said the district staggers changes to avoid overburdening teachers with multiple new resources at once and coordinates curriculum writing with budget cycles. Leaders also emphasized equity, inclusion and universal-design principles as guiding criteria during review and resource selection.

Provenance: Curriculum-cycle description and examples were presented in the committee’s curriculum update segment (transcript excerpt: \"At the heart of everything that we do, is our unwavering commitment to equity, inclusion, belonging, and high quality instruction. Our curriculum cycle is built on 4 components...\").","At the April 7 Curriculum Committee meeting, district staff reviewed the four-stage curriculum cycle and reported subject-by-subject progress: K–5 science aligned to new standards, physics/chemistry in implementation, biology under research pending Keystone test details, and humanities and languages in stage 1 or 2. The district also plans summer","actionData","errors"]

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High-school counselors propose switching from Naviance to SCORE for college and career advising

Colonial SD reports equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives; district responds to antisemitic graffiti

Colonial SD plans controlled pilot of Magic School AI tool in middle and high schools

Colonial SD outlines curriculum-cycle progress, new standards review and summer writing tasks