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McAvenue School outlines trauma-informed SEL program; school committee moves to convene short policy meeting on kindergarten lottery change

City of Lowell — City Council / School Committee (joint meeting record) · January 21, 2026
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Summary

McAvenue staff detailed a tiered, data-driven social-emotional learning (SEL) program; the school committee also discussed changing K–12 assignment from three lotteries to one and scheduled a 30-minute special meeting to resolve remaining questions before adoption.

At a school committee session on Jan. 21, McAvenue School staff presented their social-emotional learning (SEL) program, which they described as "mission-driven by behavior data." Assistant principal Dan Shanahan, social workers and an SEL tutor outlined trauma-sensitive practices, academic integration of SEL, a PBIS framework built around…

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