Student Support Services and Health Services Program Improvement Plans
At a glance
The committee approved the Student Support Services program improvement plan presented by its director: 178 high-risk referrals last year, a new online high-risk referral form (September 2026), partnerships with Quarry and Walker, a Big Brother Big Sister high school mentoring program that grew to 142 students with a goal of 232, attendance work (582 residency checks, 30 students discharged), and a drop in students identified as homeless or in foster care from 264 to 207. It also approved the Health Services plan: 133,782 nurse encounters, a 96.1 percent return-to-class rate, school vision days (28 families used it last year, next on November 18), Mass Healthy Smiles dental care for 1,161 students, and food allergy safety training.
Based on auto-generated captions of the video, which covers a Policy Subcommittee meeting and the regular School Committee meeting; names and numbers may be misheard.
Sources
Log
- 2026-10-14 - School Committee - Approved.