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Counselors ask to retain ASCA standards as committee reviews school‑counseling rewrite
Summary
Committee discussed edits to the school counseling policy and a counselor representative asked the board to retain ASCA standards and to change the term 'guidance' to 'school counseling'; administration said the Act 339 plan serves as the guiding document and will follow up before returning the item.
Members reviewed proposed edits to the district’s school counseling policy and heard a request from counseling representatives to preserve the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) standards and change the policy’s terminology from 'guidance' to 'school counseling.'
A committee member said counselors "do not like the word guidance" and asked that the policy read 'school counseling.' The member also urged keeping ASCA standards in the policy because counselors rely on those standards for caseload recommendations, ethical guidance, and social‑emotional learning components. Staff replied that state references still use the phrase 'K–12 guidance comprehensive plan' and that the committee should expect some friction in changing statutory or state‑referenced terminology; administration said it would follow up with Dr. Moulton and Miss Aduchi about the counselors’ concerns.
No formal action was taken. The committee asked staff to return the revised school counseling policy at a future meeting after staff consult with school counseling leads and confirm whether the ASCA standards or the Act 339 plan should be the primary referenced guidance document.
