Student Wellness and Success Fund Plan
June 27, 2024 BOE Meeting
Ohio’s districts and schools receive Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid and Student Wellness and Success Funds to fund initiatives to support wraparound services for Ohio’s students.
Ohio law requires districts and schools to develop a plan outlining how they will use Disadvantaged Pupil Impact Aid and Student Wellness and Success Funds. The plan includes how the funds will be used in coordination with community partners.
Lynchburg-Clay Local School District will use the Ohio Improvement Process (OIP) as a framework to develop a comprehensive plan for spending funds that outlines goals, strategies and partnerships required to meet expected outcomes.
Community partners
Lynchburg-Clay Local Schools has partnered with the Southern Ohio Educational Service Center, Paint Valley ADAMH Board, Scioto Paint Valley Mental Health, Highland District Hospital and Recovery Council.
Needs
For some students, mental health symptoms are first present at school. A student having trouble concentrating in class, being withdrawn, showing disruptive behavior or struggling to make friends may have mental health challenges. We need prevention services to promote mental health and prevent substance use and suicide and trauma-informed services. We also need to support student success by providing healthcare assessment, intervention and follow-up for all children within the school setting. Academically, we have students at risk for reading difficulties who have a much stronger chance of achieving grade-level reading ability when they receive early and intensive intervention.
Initiative | Goal | Use of Funds | Outcome Data |
Mental health services | Continue to effectively reduce mental health symptoms in all students with treatment integrated into the academic setting. | Three existing social workers for the district (one for each building)and the two speech language pathologists. | Student attendance, class performance, OST testing achievement, discipline data, survey results |
Physical health care services | Promote a safe and healthy community for all students.. | Existing district school nurse and healthcare aides | Student attendance, drop out rate, graduation rate, clinic documentation |
Reading Improvement and Intervention and Professional development aligned with Science of Reading | Effectively support for students in the areas of reading improvement and intervention | Literacy Coach at the K-5 level. Stipend for teachers to attend Pd that aligns with SOR | Student attendance, OST test results, RIMP, District assessments |
Instructional technology or blended learning, Academic interventions for students in any of grades 6 through 12 and Dropout prevention | Effectively support for students in the areas of reading improvement and intervention | Adaptive online intervention programs aligned to Tier 1 instructional materials or curriculum. Including but not limited to Edgenuity, IXL, Study Island, and Lexia Core 5. Branching Minds: MTSS data platform, Intervention intervention library and support | Student attendance, OST test results, RIMP, District assessments, Early warning triggers for dropout prevention, Graduation Rate for all students |
Culturally appropriate prevention services | Implement prevention services to reduce risk and increase protective factors that are likely to impact mental, emotional and behavioral health disorders. | Signs of Suicide, 1N5 and Character Strong. School staff training on trauma-informed school practices. | Student attendance, discipline, student surveys |