Concerned about student mental health during the COVID pandemic and some of the civil unrest of the past few years, the School District of Philadelphia developed an online student wellbeing survey.
“Being majority Black and Brown students, we recognize that these two incidents were magnified for our students,” says Shannon Ellis, Executive Director of School Climate and Culture Initiatives for the district, who administers the survey. “So it’s definitely a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and just understanding why our students need to feel loved and supported and welcomed and seen and appreciated.”
