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May 14, 2025 — Meeting Transcript

This is a transcript of the Clayton School District Board of Education meeting held May 14, 2025. Excerpts show opening formalities (pledge, approval of the agenda), recognition of Clayton High School seniors committing to education careers, discussion of a recent community incident and district response, a presentation on a two-year school counseling program review using the Missouri Comprehensive School Program Evaluation, and budget/facilities remarks noting no major construction next year but $400,000 budgeted for architectural services and smaller repairs. The transcript records motions and votes to approve the agenda and to adjourn (both passed).
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I think um I think it comes down to two things three things programming skill set and personnel. Um does our programming match up? So when we look at our uh school counseling curriculum, when we look at how we respond to students with our individual counseling and small group counseling, um how we keep track of data, you know, from our risk assessments, um the role of the counselor within the systems of support, whether it be support for with students with IEPs and disabilities or 504s, kind of looking at all of the all of that time and where it's allocated and seeing if that's the best way for us to meet the student needs from a mental wellness and social emotional health lens. Um and then personnel I think again as um education evolves and as kids needs evolve um does our current structure um do the per does the personnel within the current structure have the skill set to meet all kids needs. So if that means diversifying um who we have um at the table serving our children is looking at that. I think going into next year one you know one big lift and one change that's happening is adding a director of support. So someone with a mental wellness uh background at the district level, you know, kind of helping facilitate the services within the district um as a new addition, I think will be huge and will really help in terms of moving forward with the program study.

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