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District outlines expanded student wellness supports, community partnerships
Summary
Bowling Green City School District staff described a multi-tiered student wellness program that coordinates internal roles and community partners to deliver social‑emotional and mental‑health supports across all buildings.
Bowling Green City School District officials presented an overview of the district's student wellness and success program at the April 15 board meeting, describing tiered supports, partnerships and data showing reduced major office referrals.
Alexandria Willoughby, the district's executive director of services, said the district emphasizes prevention through universal social‑emotional learning (SEL) curriculum and a tiered system of supports. Willoughby said the district's student wellness coordinator, Dania Klase, coordinates partnerships with external providers including the Educational Service Center (ESC), Handle With Care Ohio, Wood County Hospital, the Children's Resource Center (CRC), Bowling Green State University (BGSU) and the Children's Hunger Alliance.
Officials described specific components of the program: a tier‑1 SEL curriculum (Second Step) at elementary levels, Sources of Strength and other supports at secondary levels, a districtwide pantry (Bobcat Basics) housed at the middle school, mentoring partnerships with BGSU and a check‑in/check‑out tier‑2 intervention. The district reported that major office referrals fell in the 2022–23 school year, and said all five buildings achieved Bronze recognition for PBIS implementation and had applied for Silver recognition.
Willoughby said the district currently funds the wellness coordinator and several positions from the district's base funding and indicated that many partner services reduce district costs because partners supply expertise and personnel. The board was asked to review and accept the district's Student Wellness and Success Plan; that recommendation was included in the superintendent's subsequent request and approved by the board later in the meeting.
