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Principals report crisis intervention work at grammar schools; committee discusses adding risk coordinators

Methuen School Committee · February 10, 2026
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Summary

Principals described how crisis interventionists respond to urgent interfering behaviors and the benefits of a risk‑coordinator model for preventive relationship building; principals reported roughly 24 crisis calls and stressed need to balance reactive and preventive roles across buildings.

Supervising principal Katie Priyetti told the school committee that the crisis interventionist position at her building is primarily reactive — focused on de‑escalation and immediate behavior response — while other buildings use risk coordinators for relationship building and prevention.

"So that's that's how crisis intervention works…

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