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District outlines new transition supports for students across grade levels
Summary
The board heard a building report on Special Programs: a 6th-grade mentoring panel for incoming 5th graders, Resource Room visits to ease transitions to Azalea Middle School, collaboration between AMS and high school case managers, and life-skills student continuity plans; staff noted parents often need additional support.
District staff presented a Special Programs report focused on easing students’ transitions between elementary, middle and high school. Director of Special Programs Lynn Schiermeyer, with Resource Room teachers Tori Hall and Danielle Slater, described a plan to establish a panel of 6th-grade students to mentor incoming 5th graders and to provide pre-drafted orientation questions next year; staff also described visits to Kalmiopsis Resource Room students to familiarize them with Azalea Middle School.
Staff detailed additional coordination: AMS Resource Room staff will work with high school case managers to share individualized strategies, and Life Skills students will receive a similar set of visits and staff-exchange practices. The report noted parents often need extra support during transitions and that instructional assistants exchange personalized information to maintain continuity for each student.
