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Board hears concerns on early-age behavior, screen time and social-emotional supports
Summary
District staff told the board they are seeing more extreme behavior at earlier grades, are reworking social-emotional learning curriculum and are reducing non-instructional screen time while expanding counseling and behavioral supports.
Board members and staff spent part of the LCAP presentation on student behavior and social-emotional supports, noting that more severe behavioral incidents are appearing at younger ages and that the district is adjusting curriculum and staffing responses.
Staff said teachers and principals are reporting earlier-onset aggression, anger and other maladaptive behaviors among some students, which staff described as appearing even in kindergarten and first grade. That pattern predates the pandemic in staff remarks but was described as exacerbated by COVID-era…
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