Parents with kids in the Clinton School system will hear a lot about Social and Emotional Learning this year.

At last month's Clinton Board of Education meeting, Curriculum Director Kara Jensen explained to the Board what that would look like and how the district had prepared its staff for those lessons.

According to Jensen, the K-8 school buildings have their own Social and Emotional Learning teams. She explains they are focused on data and in particular, the data that came from a district survey about climate and culture in the district.

There are three goals for this year's Social and Emotional Learning for the school year. 

Jensen told the Board of Education, the model Clinton Schools is using in its S-E-L approach is being noticed by other schools and they have had several inquiries about how they are approaching the Statewide mandate of having an S-E-L plan.