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District rolls out therapy dog visits and explores self‑paced high‑school model
Summary
Baldwin-Whitehall officials described initial therapy dog visits across schools and previewed a proposal to expand self‑paced, personalized learning at the high school, including a concept called Fusion.
The district has begun a pilot of therapy-dog visits across Baldwin-Whitehall schools after a policy revision in May 2023 that allowed such an initiative, a student services representative told the board. Lily, a therapy dog, and her handler, Michelle, have visited the high school chill room, elementary classrooms and middle-school social‑emotional lessons since late November; the handler is volunteering her time, the district said.
School leaders said the visits are part of broader work by the Student Services Department to…
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