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APS officials say district is off track on grades 6–12 social-emotional goals; propose principal advisory councils and counseling pipeline
Summary
District leaders told the Albuquerque Public Schools board on May 6 that progress-monitoring data show the district is off track on interim goal 4.2 (skills, habits and mindsets for grades 6–12). Administrators outlined root-cause findings and proposed expanding principal advisory councils, a counseling residency program, and visible 'you said we did' feedback loops.
Acting district leadership told the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education on May 6 that the district is off track on interim goal 4.2, which measures students’ skills, habits and mindsets in grades 6–12, and presented a plan to address the decline.
"As you saw in the report, we are off track on this goal," the presenter said, summarizing a root-cause analysis that pointed to belonging, academic stress and the so-called hidden curriculum (executive-functioning skills) as drivers of the decline. Administrators said students told the district they want more explicit support for navigating school, stronger access to counseling and clearer evidence that their voices lead to visible change.
Administrators described strategies already in place or planned: expanding counseling…
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