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Board set first reading for high‑school SEL curriculum; community feedback limited
Summary
The board will hold a first reading July 28 for the Wayfinder social‑emotional learning (SEL) curriculum for high schools after limited public engagement events. District staff said community nights and an online session generated few attendees and the district received no survey responses; second reading is scheduled for Aug. 11.
The Battle Ground School District board received a staff update June 23 about the proposed high‑school social‑emotional learning curriculum Wayfinder and scheduled a first reading for July 28 and a second reading for Aug. 11.
Staff said the district held a community night with one parent and two community members in person, an online meeting attended by six individuals and a handful of staff who reviewed the materials; three people requested in‑person review appointments. Staff reported that no members of the public completed the district's online survey even though the district encouraged attendees to do so. Board members asked procedural questions about how parents can view the scope and sequence and learned that Clever is the tool the district uses to make lesson assignments visible to families.
Board members and a public commenter raised specific content questions. At public comment, Jennifer Heine said she had joined the community review and praised lessons on goal setting and career exploration while raising concerns about guided meditations and some exercise wording; she suggested replacing guided meditations with visualization exercises and asked about program data, overlap with existing programs (for example, college and career center offerings) and long‑term funding after any grant expires. Staff confirmed that the workbooks provided to the board were sample grade‑level materials and that curriculum content resides online for staff review; one workbook per grade level was cited as the physical example provided to board members.
No formal adoption vote was taken at the June 23 meeting; the curriculum will return for formal consideration at the July 28 first reading and Aug. 11 second reading as scheduled.
