The Eatonville School District board voted to approve a districtwide Comprehensive School Counselor Program (CSCP) that aligns counselor and social‑work duties with state guidance and the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) model.

District staff said the plan was developed over multiple years and finalized this year to match the district’s strategic plan and building-level School Improvement Plans (SIPs). The CSCP sets common district goals in three ASCA-recommended focus areas — academic success, social‑emotional well‑being and career readiness — while allowing each school to use different strategies to meet those shared goals.

Why it matters: The plan implements the intent of 2021’s Senate Bill 5030, which prompted districts statewide to define counselor roles and emphasize direct student services. Board approval means district counselors and social workers will report program results and use standardized screening data to target interventions.

Presenters described the CSCP as the culmination of a multi-year effort by the district’s counseling and social‑work staff. Lisa Parks, a school social worker for the district, said the team worked twice monthly and drew on a mix of experienced and newer staff. She said the plan gives the district a clearer, shared vision of counseling duties.

The plan codifies an 80/20 goal for staff time: the district seeks to have roughly 80% of counselors’ and social workers’ time in direct student contact and 20% in indirect tasks such as paperwork and administrative duties. The program also formalizes use of Panorama, a social‑emotional screener, with staff planning to administer it three times a year to inform interventions and report results to families during student-support conferences.

The presenters noted differences in how the goals will be implemented by grade level: elementary counselors will emphasize classroom social‑emotional lessons; middle schools will blend social and academic supports; and high school staff will focus more heavily on career readiness and graduation pathways.

Board members moved and seconded approval of the CSCP; the motion carried.