SDUSD announces new Student Wellness index

A class at the San Diego Unified School of Creative and Performing Arts Photo courtesy of the district The San Diego Unified School District will introduce the concept of a new Pupil Wellness Index at its next Board of Learning meeting the district noted on Sunday The index is aimed at identifying a variety of statistics points that will provide a more holistic evaluation of scholar wellness and is being progressing in partnership with San Diego State University and the San Diego County Office of Schooling to target chronic absenteeism Students doing well physically mentally and emotionally are better equipped to excel in the classroom but if they are facing challenges in one or more of those areas a attendee s ability to learn suffers SDUSD Superintendent Fabi Bagula stated in a comment on Sunday We are working to help eliminate or at least minimize the challenges by delivering the endorsement students need Bagula added Learner wellness is not easy to measure and minimal districts have chosen to prioritize it like us We have worked with our students staff and society to define learner wellness establish goals to strive for and plan how to incorporate it into the beliefs of our school communities Officers reported the index framework will be finalized in the coming months then a pilot will be conducted and internal supports for all components of the index will be aligned with schools participating in the Attendee Behavioral Robustness Incentive Operation in the Canyon Hills Mira Mesa Mission Bay Morse and San Diego clusters in order to establish a baseline of records by May SDUSD representatives say they are making apprentice wellness a top priority by providing more on-site social emotional and mental healthcare services The district projects that its chronic absenteeism rate will decline by Scholar sentiments about belonging and establishing caring relationships with teachers have already improved by