Tomball ISD SHAC recommends continuing QuaverReady small‑group lessons and expanding HOPE Squad to junior highs
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The School Health Advisory Committee reported four meetings this year, a launch of HOPE Squad at three high schools with 75 student members, and recommended piloting an anti‑victimization QuaverReady lesson at one campus before wider use.
Karen Graves, Tomball ISD director of administrative services, and SHAC co‑chairs presented the school health advisory committee’s end‑of‑year report at the board workshop and outlined committee recommendations for next year.
SHAC met four times this year as required by law and the committee included 14 parents appointed by the board and seven individuals appointed by the superintendent, Graves said. Co‑chairs Leslie Johnson and Joycelyn Ray and director of counseling Steve Shields summarized activities, campus programs and recommended steps for the coming year.
Steve Shields reported that the HOPE Squad student peer‑support program launched this school year with 75 students across Tomball’s three comprehensive high schools and praised advisors and students for their campus activities. "The HOPE Squad successfully launched this school year, thanks to the dedication of our amazing awesome advisors," Shields said. Campus activities cited included encouragement booths, a March connections week of positive culture activities, and a sticky‑note wall created by Tomball Memorial’s HOPE Squad for students.
SHAC recommended continued use of the district’s counselor small‑group curriculum (presentation referenced the product QuaverReady) and endorsed piloting an anti‑victimization lesson (lesson 29 in the product) at a single campus before districtwide deployment. SHAC members clarified the lessons are intended for targeted small counseling groups, not universal delivery, and that parents must opt in for students to participate.
Other committee recommendations included continuing the exam‑exemption waiver process for students with medical needs, supporting HOPE Squad expansion into the district’s four junior highs in the coming year, and promoting student healthy‑sleep guidance in campus newsletters. The committee also noted membership turnover under its bylaws and thanked longtime members completing three‑year terms.
Board members asked for clarification about the QuaverReady pilot and opt‑in procedures; SHAC members said the pilot had been discussed but not yet completed and that the anti‑victimization lessons would not be used districtwide until a pilot is run and reviewed by SHAC.