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Starting next school year, Madison elementary students will take a weekly survey about their feelings on a new online platform, following the School Board’s approval despite initial concerns.
When district administrators first proposed the platform, called Sown to Grow, to the School Board this year, several members expressed doubts about using an online curriculum to gauge students’ social and emotional well-being. After an hour-long discussion in which some members indicated they would vote against the contract, the board postponed voting…