Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Norwalk outlines counselor-driven mental-health supports and Scholar Tracker caseload data
Summary
District leaders and school counselors described the scope of counseling work, data from a Scholar Tracker system, and recent professional development supports including a resiliency program from Silver Hill Hospital; counselors reported thousands of student meetings this year focused mainly on academic and schedule support.
Norwalk Public Schools staff presented a detailed account of school counselors—roles, new district data tools and training aimed at supporting student mental health and postsecondary planning.
Kelly (central office counseling lead) and three school counselors described the district—s Scholar Tracker system, which asks counselors to log reasons for early meetings with students to inform programming. For grades 9—12 the district reported roughly 4,600 counselor meetings for academic support, about 2,600 schedule-support meetings and roughly 1,600 meetings focused on postsecondary planning during the first…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
