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Counseling team unveils centralized supports, Running Start equivalencies and access tools as district shifts to six‑period day
Summary
District counseling specialists described new shared resources — fillable appendices, a Running Start equivalency reference, drop‑in support for counselors and tools to track outside credits — intended to help students navigate the six‑period schedule and graduation pathways.
Counseling specialists told the Lake Washington School Board on March 24 that the district has created centralized resources and supports to help counselors, students and families navigate a shift to a six‑period high school day and associated credit changes.
"One of the biggest things we're really proud of is common running start course equivalency reference document," Lise Christiansen said, describing a document meant to remove confusion about which college courses count for district credit.
Presenters said the counseling team built a set of public appendices (A–I) to replace inconsistent building‑level guidance; converted many forms to fillable PDFs; and prepared…
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