Dr. Anne Erwin at Beaverton High School is a marvelous leader in this area, setting the school sights on the following core values: Excellence inspires us; Learning transforms us; Community connects us; Tradition unites us. At the community partner meeting, she said she wanted every student and staff member to feel included, respected and loved. "We are talking about love a lot more these days," she said. So cool!
At this meeting, we were asked to take a survey that is on the BSD website seeking community input on how to specifically apply funds recently received through a bond issue. The survey takes just a moment but also takes some knowledge of what is really needed.
You can access the survey here https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/get-involved/student-success-act .
The survey asks you to share "what is going well in the district," perhaps you could answer that question, and then the share "what are some of the needs." At this morning's meeting, we were asked to not just state the need but possible solutions. Here are some of the needs and solutions we discussed. If you are willing, go take the survey, the more community members who state their opinion, the better.
Number of students struggling with mental health issues-- need mental health support persons and school psychologists on staff
Number of students struggling with homelessness -- need for homeless liaisons at schools
Number of students needing counseling -- need for more counselors funded to assist the students.
Number of pressing issues that distract us from future needs -- need to fund dreaming into the future
Number of students coming as ESL students in immersion English classes - need more instructional assistants
Thank you for taking the survey and thank you too for praying for our local schools. They need more prayer and need us all to be part of their work. In those prayers thank God for leaders like Dr. Erwin and Jared Freeman, the principal we work with at Meadow Park School.