Berkshire County students have been feeling the stress of the pandemic. Expanding this program into other Berkshire County schools would serve as a tool to help elementary students thrive in the community.
As previously noted, we recently spoke with Berkshire County District Attorney, Andrea Harrington. In the interview she covered an array of topics and issues facing the Berkshires. One of the topics we covered was a pilot program - Service Emotional Learning for Elementary Students. This program is part of Harrington s office s Juvenile Justice Initiative.
Harrington described the initiative along with the pilot program
Our goal is to keep kids out of the justice system but more importantly to give young people the tools that they need to thrive and be successful here in our community. Early on in my term, we visited Conte school and we spoke with the principal and met with the PTO