Board hears CSIP Learn 3 update: expanded counseling, AI tool and recovery high school proposal
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Summary
District presenters outlined CSIP Learn 3 priorities including expanded counseling and social‑emotional programs, a new AI‑assisted intervention tool ('GEM'), partnerships with community providers and a proposal to present a recovery high school to the State Board on Dec. 9.
The Cape Girardeau Public Schools board received an update on CSIP Learn 3 that emphasized expanding academic supports, social‑emotional services and targeted interventions for students most at risk of discipline or attendance concerns.
Presenter Miss Keyes described district efforts to increase after‑school academic supports (Cub Club, career ladder tutoring), broaden counseling services and improve data collection. She said the district uses a mix of internal staff and community partners, noting three school‑based therapists through the Community Counseling Center who provided regular services to about 73 students last year and a crisis counselor who delivered roughly 62 crisis responses.
Miss Keyes also introduced a new tool the district calls "GEM," described as an AI‑assisted resource to suggest intervention strategies (without using student names) so teams can more quickly identify evidence‑based supports for individuals. "It's all about continuing to develop and implement responsive and inclusive programs and services to meet the needs of all of our students," she said during the presentation.
The presentation covered social‑emotional partnerships (Care to Learn, Great Oak Counseling, Big Brothers Big Sisters, ABC Today), funding from foundation grants to support mental‑health services and the district’s Hope Squad suicide‑prevention program now in three buildings. Staff reported four district social workers and multiple behavior interventionists supporting buildings across grades.
District staff also said they will present a proposal for a recovery high school to the State Board on Dec. 9, with an anticipated opening as soon as January pending approvals and logistics. The CSIP update flagged persistent behavior referral concentrations in grades eight and nine and rising truancy among female students, and staff outlined next steps to target interventions and mentoring for repeat offenders.
What happens next: staff will continue site‑level data reviews, refine intervention targeting and bring any significant program proposals (including the recovery high school) back to the board when approvals or funding decisions are required.
