Tempe Union High School District

The Tempe Union High School District is purposefully implementing interventions that will create opportunities for all students to address loss of instructional time and will ensure that each intervention addresses the social and emotional needs of all students, especially those students disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by committing to the following: 1) That there is no charge to students associated with the implementation of the strategies. Interventions will be free so students who have the most need are not negatively impacted by having to pay for services. By not charging students and providing district transportation where needed will remove all barriers associated with access to the interventions and prevent undue stress on students and families. 2) The addition of Care 7 mental health youth specialists, behavioral interventionists, parapros, additional counselors, and other strategies such as summer school, tutoring, class size reduction, and freshmen MTSS supports will be designed to address the academic, social and emotional needs of all students. 3) Monitoring and evaluating all strategies will be addressed each semester by the ESSER III committee to ensure that the interventions are providing the necessary balance and effectiveness that we expect to see by examining data on all our subpopulations that participate in each intervention, including students from low-income families, students of color, English learners, children with disabilities, students experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, and migratory students. 4) Plans will be developed when students who most need the help are not taking advantage of the strategies implemented across the district or when the strategies are not responding to the academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of all students in the way the intervention was intended.