(tn.gov/Peg Broadcasting News)
The Phoenix School and Pleasant Hill School are among 176 schools selected by the Tennessee Department of Education for the second cohort of trauma-informed schools in Tennessee. In Tennessee, the model trauma-informed school designation recognizes schools for their emphasis on implementing trauma-informed strategies to provide critical supports for students. Schools implementing trauma-informed approaches have seen improvements in school climate, attendance, and teacher satisfaction, while seeing a reduction in suspensions and expulsions, stress for staff and students, and more. This new cohort more than doubles the original 73 schools from the first trauma-informed schools cohort which launched in 2018-19.