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School Health Advisory Committee sets three new triennial goals: wellness, substance abuse prevention, social media awareness
Summary
Jessica Anderson presented the School Health Advisory Committee’s triennial review and recommended goals to promote comprehensive wellness, increase substance-abuse awareness and educate students and families about healthy social media use; board will embed the goals into the student wellness policy for later approval.
Jessica Anderson, executive director of Exceptional Children and Student Services, briefed the board on the School Health Advisory Committee’s (SHAC) triennial review and presented proposed goals for the next three years.
Anderson said the SHAC will "promote a comprehensive wellness program that supports the physical, emotional, and mental health of both students and staff," increase awareness and prevention of substance abuse among students through education and outreach, and continue work on social media awareness and digital citizenship.
Anderson described accomplishments from the prior three-year cycle, including training media specialists on social media and digital citizenship, anti-bullying lessons integrated with counselors and media specialists, inclusive student clubs (listed as Cougar Connect), peer mediation, and a district anonymous reporting system. She said those efforts informed the new goals and that the SHAC solicited feedback from partners and community stakeholders.
The proposals are informational at this stage: Anderson told the board she did not need approval that night because the goals will be embedded in policy language that will come forward for review in a later policy cycle. Board members asked no substantive follow-up questions during the presentation.
