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Mental‑health screenings show improvements; Methuen High earns UMass Lowell early‑college designation
Summary
District officials reported declines in severe anxiety and depression scores on spring screenings, launched districtwide progress monitoring for tiered mental‑health services and announced Methuen High’s designation in the UMass Lowell early‑college program, enabling juniors and seniors to take college courses.
District staff told the Methuen School Committee on June 26 that universal mental‑health screening and progress monitoring show gains in several indicators and that the district secured an early‑college designation with UMass Lowell that will allow Methuen High School students to take college courses with financial support.
The screenings
John Crocker, who presented the screening results, said spring data showed reductions in severe anxiety and depression for high‑school students relative to earlier administrations and that the district had moved to a common screening tool for grades 5–12 to allow consistent longitudinal monitoring. "The goal of screening is not to get a 100% compliance from kids," Crocker…
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