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Harrisonburg board hears scale-up of SEL: Second Step K–12 in place; Panorama survey shows strong supportive-relationship results

Harrisonburg City School Board · November 6, 2025
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Summary

The board received a staff presentation on social-emotional learning and student supports: Second Step is implemented K–12, Panorama survey results show more than 80% of students in each building report at least two of three key supportive relationships, and the district is using MTSS to monitor lesson completion and target interventions.

The Harrisonburg City School Board heard a detailed presentation on Nov. 6 about student support services and the school division's social-emotional learning (SEL) work. Chloe, the district's director of student services, told the board the district has rolled out Second Step as the core K–12 SEL curriculum and is using the Panorama survey and the MTSS platform to monitor student needs and target supports.

Chloe described how the district measures SEL competencies with a developmental rubric (beginning, developing, meeting, exceeding) and blends teacher observation, lesson completion, and survey responses. “So we rate that on a scale, not a grading system, but a developmental rating scale of beginning, developing, meeting, and exceeding,” Chloe said during the…

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