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<br /> II. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
<br /> 1. Leadership and Organization
<br /> a) Designate senior leaders in both the Lexington Public Schools and town government to manage programs to
<br /> reduce stress, build resiliency, and provide services for youth at risk.
<br /> b) Establish collaborative working groups within the LPS system and between the schools and town government,
<br /> as well as a town-wide working group comprised of community leaders, to develop a coordinated approach.
<br /> Schools Town Government Community*
<br /> •Hire or designate a senior LPS administrator with the •Hire or designate a Director of Youth Services within •Under the auspices of the Committee for Lexington
<br /> organizational authority to mobilize initiatives in the the Department of Human Services responsible for Youth Working Group,recruit leaders from
<br /> classroom,guidance,social services,and Professional overseeing and coordinating services to youth community groups,such as PTA/PTO's,religious and
<br /> Learning in order to lead district-wide efforts to build civic organizations,and social service,and healthcare
<br /> •Create a Committee for Lexington Youth,co-chaired
<br /> youth resiliency,reduce youth stress,and provide providers,to form a Community Resources for Youth
<br /> services for youth at risk by the Director of Youth Services and designated LPS Working Group with the aim of mobilizing
<br /> lead administrator and comprised of youth,school, community resources to build resiliency,reduce
<br /> •Create a district-wide Stress Reduction and Resiliency town,and community leaders,to promote and stress,and provide community-based services for
<br /> Working Group,chaired by the senior LPS develop programs aimed at building resiliency, youth at risk
<br /> administrator that includes administrators,principals, reducing stress,and providing counseling and support
<br /> guidance,wellness,special education staff,and services to youth at risk •The Community Resources for Youth Working Group
<br /> classroom teachers,to develop new initiatives in the would develop and organize community forums,
<br /> •Hire counseling staff or contract with a community
<br /> schools,share information among schools about their education programs,and town-wide events aimed at
<br /> counseling agency to assist the Director in providing
<br /> programs,and assess the effectiveness of these promoting discussion and educating the community
<br /> counseling and support services,staffing the Youth
<br /> efforts on social and emotional health,reducing stress,and
<br /> Center,and developing community education supporting youth at risk
<br /> •Form an on-site working group within each school programming for youth and parents
<br /> chaired by the principal or assistant principal to find •The Community Resources for Youth Working Group
<br /> ways to reduce stress,build resiliency,and improve will act as a liaison in order to coordinate the
<br /> the school climate community education programs and forums for youth
<br /> and families offered by various community groups
<br /> *Community includes the community-at-large(parents,students,community members)as well as community organizations such as PTOs and PTAs,health service providers
<br /> (social workers,physicians,mental health providers),youth counseling and prevention organizations(LYFS,Wayside),civic youth groups(Boy Scouts,Girls Scouts),faith-based
<br /> youth groups(all church/temple/mosque youth groups),community-based education booster groups(FOLMADS,LEF),youth-based community not-for-profits and businesses
<br /> (ArtSpan,LACS,Dance Inn),community-based organizations(Rotary,Lion),community businesses and professionals(retailers,independent professionals),and other ancillary
<br /> quasi-public organizations(library,Hayden,Lexington Community Education,colleges).
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